AETOZ — AHAfiN II 



AHAQN {coniimied). 



Thes. (ed. 1821), coll. 1284-5. The general significance is perhaps 'the 

 nightingale, that clepeth forth the fresshe leves newe,' Chaucer, P. of 

 Fovvles 351, j^Awpais- vtxo fidaaais, Soph. Oed. Col. 673.] 



Other Epithets.— 'At^iV, alo\68(Lpos (Nonn. xlvii. 33), alo\6({)(ovos (0pp. 

 Hal. i. 728), iBapvSaKpvi (Phil. Thess. Ixvi), 8nKpv6((ra-a (Eur. Hel. mo), 

 Hpos ayyeXos, fjpep6<pa}vos S. Ipepocfxiovos (Sappho, p. 39j ^P* Suid.), 

 KipKT]XaTos (Aesch. Suppl. 62), Xiyfia (Aesch. Ag. 1146; Soph. Oed. Col. 

 671), Xiyv(f)6oyyos (Ar. Av. I380), Xiyixpupos (Theocr. xii. 7), peXiyrjpvs 

 (C. I. G. 6261 ; Gk. Anthol. iv. pp. 231, 273; of. Theocr. Ep. iv. 12), 

 6^v(jiioi>os (Soph. Trach. 963 Babr. xii. 3, 19), ^ov66s (Aesch. Ag. 1142, 

 Ar. Av. 676, Theocr. Ep. iv. 11 ; cf. Eur. Hel. I in), noiKiXoSfipos (Hes. 

 Op. et D. 201), TToXvKMTiXos (Simonid. fr. y^, in Etym. M.), irvKfOTrrepoi 

 (Soph. Oed. Col. 18), rravodvpTos s. ndi'dvpTos (Soph. El. 1077), reKvo- 

 XfTfipa (ib. 107), x^'^P'^'^KI" (Simon. 7^). [Note similarity of epithets 

 s. V. xeXiSwi'.] 



Among innumerable poetic references, cf. Ibyc. fr. 7 rapos avnvos 

 kXvtus opdpos eyeipTjaiv arjSovas. Simon, fr. y^ BeiT arjdoi^fs ttoXvkwtiXoi, 

 xXcipavx^ves elapii'ai. Callim. L. P. 94 p-drrjp pep yoepav oirov drjdoinSuv 

 aye ^apv KXaiov(Ta. Aesch. Ag. 1 1 16 "irvi', "Itui' arevova-a, dqdwv. Soph. 

 El. 147 a Itvv aliv ' irvv oXocpvptTai, opvis drv^opfva, Aioy uyyeXos. 

 Eurip. Phleg. fr. 773) 23 peXnei 8e fiefSpecrt Xenrav drjdoiv dppoviav 

 6p6pevopeva ydois'lrvv,' Itvv noXvdprjvov. Eurip. Hel. 1 1 II oj dia ^ovddv 

 ytvvcov (XfXi^opeva 6pr]vois f'po'ts ^vvepyos. Ar. Av. 212 ' Itvv eXeXt^opevrj 

 (cf Hor. Car. iv. 2. 5 Ityn flebiliter gemens, Catull. Ixv. 14 Daulias 

 absumpti fata gemens Ityli). Soph. Aj. 628 oiKTpds yoov opvidos drjSov^, 

 cf. Aesch. fr. 412. Eur. Hec. ^^7 dr]86voi a-Topa. Ar. Ran. 684 pi'^fi 

 5' fTTiKXavTov dridovtov vdpov. Mosch. iii. 37 ovSe Toaov ttok ("eiaev ein 

 (TKOireXoKTiv drj^mv : cf. v. 46. Aristaenet. Ep. i. 3 r/SiJ kui drjbdvf^, 

 nepmeTopfvoL to. vdpnTn, peXcadovaiv. Philip Ixvi in Gk. Anthol. ii. 

 p. 213 aiet S' 17 ^apvdaKpvs, inX crTrjXais pev drjdwv' ptpcpopevr] 8e ^vdo'is, 

 dXKvov\s ^XeTrerai, &C., &C. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536 aSei Kai 6 ('ipprjv koI f] SjjXan 

 [an error, but cf. Od. xix. 518], rrXrjv fj 6i]X€ia naifTai otuv e-rratd^rj Ka\ tci 

 veoTTia exxj. anrTcii /cat drjdcov vfOTTuv irpodiSdaKOVcra (cf. Ael. iii. 4O) Plut. 

 De Sol. Anim. 973, Dion. De Avib. i. 20 divoKTeivei be tovs d(f)d6yyovs, 

 Porph. De Abst. iii. 5). Arist. H. A. v. 8, 542 b tIktcl tou Sepovs dpxo- 

 pevov TTevTe Kin 1^ cJu* (pcoXevet 8e diro Toi) peToniopov /^e^'F' ''''^^ eapos. 

 H. A. ix. 15, 616 b ovK e'x" '"^s yXaTTrjs to o^v [true of the Hoopoe ; 

 dr]8a>v is an interpolation here, Aub. and Wimm., cf. Plin. x. 43 (29), 

 but compare the version in Apollod. iii. 14]. H. A. ix. 49 B, 632 b 

 1) S' dr]8(Ov adfi pev (TvvfxSiS 17/iepas Kai vvKxas deKanevTe, OT(tv to opos rj8r] 

 8a<TvvT]Tai' pfTci 8f TavTn u8ei pev, trvvex^^ ^' ov<eTi. tov 8i 6epovs Trpoiovros 

 aXXrjv d(f}ii](Ti (pcovi)v Kill ovKeTi navToSuTTTjv ov8e T[/)]((;^«(aJ' Kai eni(TTpe(pri 



