Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.22.4

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Passage 9.22.4: Kossyphoi: black, crow-like fowl with anemone-like wattles and white beak and tail tips.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ἔστι δὲ καὶ γένη δύο ἐνταῦθα ἀλεκτρυόνων, οἵ τε μάχιμοι καὶ οἱ κόσσυφοι καλούμενοι. τούτων τῶν κοσσύφων μέγεθος μὲν κατὰ τοὺς Λυδούς ἐστιν ὄρνιθας, χρόα δὲ ἐμφερὴς κόρακι, κάλλαια δὲ καὶ ὁ λόφος κατὰ ἀνεμώνην μάλιστα· λευκὰ δὲ σημεῖα οὐ μεγάλα ἐπί τε ἄκρῳ τῷ ῥάμφει καὶ ἐπὶ ἄκρας ἔχουσι τῆς οὐρᾶς.

English Translation

There are here also two breeds of fowl: the fighting kind and those called "kossyphoi." These kossyphoi are about as large as the birds common to Lydia, black in color, resembling a crow, while their wattles and comb closely resemble the anemone flower. They have small white markings at the tip of the beak and at the end of the tail.

Proper Nouns

Lydians (Λυδοί) place Q1778719
Also in: 7.17.9
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