ἐρῳδιός, ὁ,
heron, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.274, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 46, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 886, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.64, Clitarchus Gnomologus 22 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 7.7, etc.:—also ῥῳδιός, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 63 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], and ἀρῳδιός (which see):—Aristotle mentions three kinds: ὁ πέλλος, probably common heron, Ardea cinerea; ὁ λευκός, egret, A. alba, gazetta; ὁ ἀστερίας, bittern, A. Stellaris, HA[[ 609b21: the ἐρῳδιός in Il. [prev. cited] compare (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 1.1)] Refs 2nd c.AD+] was probably a shearwater. (ἐρωδιός frequently in codices, even in Papyrus of Call. [prev. cited] [[(2nd c.AD), but ἐρῳδιός (with ωι and oxytone) Hdn.Gr. 2.924 and codices 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]