14 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AHAflN (contimied). 



Adonis, Atys, and Thammuz respectively, so I am tempted to see 

 a connexion between a fourth Adonis-name, Duzi or Dazu, and the 

 traditional etymology {baa-vs) of Daulis. Again, is it certain that dr^is 

 oj^Scoi/, a late and rare epithet in Greek (Nonn. Dionys. xlvii. 32, cf. 

 ibid. xliv. 265), means really the Aitic nightingale ; or may we not 

 here also have an Atys-name ? Lastly, a reference to a Moloch- 

 sacrifice is indicated in Hesychius under the heading Ai'/Sf? n ar]hu>v' al 

 yap iv Kcip^rjbopi (r'ls Ai^vrjs Be flat.) yvvaxKes [al] ra I'Sia reKva Kara ti 

 v6p.ip.ov e(T<^ay'La(ov Kpovca [et maestis late loca questibus implent !] : cf. 

 Soph, in Andromeda, fr. 132, ap. Hesych. s.v. Koupioi/. 



Philomela and Procne are frequently confused, cf. Serv. ad Eel. vi. 

 78. In all Greek authors, Philomel is the name of the Swallow, and 

 Procne of the Nightingale (Ar. Av. 665). The Latins generally reverse 

 this ; but Varro De L. L. and Virg. Eel. vi adhere to the Greek Version 

 of the story (W. H. Thompson, ad Plat. Gorg. fr. 6, p. 180). d/;Swi/ and 

 okKvwv are also apt to be confused, e. g. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b, where 

 MSS. have arjb^ivuiv for akKv6va>v, and Suid. s.v. 'Hpepiva (S)a, where 

 dr]8aiv occurs among the da\aaaia C^a, between a\Kvd>v and Krjv^ ; cf. 

 Boch. Hieroz. ii. 218. In the version of the Itylus-Myth given by Boios, 

 ap. Anton. Lib. 11, the mother of Aedon is transformed into the bird 



a^Kva)v. 



See also s. vv. dXideros, uXkuwi', x^^'^Swi'. 



Al'BETO'l (for alferos). al^eros' deros, Ilepyahi, Hesych. 



Arn'GAAOI (also aiyiSaXXos ; cf. KopuSaXos, KopuSaXXos). A Titmouse. 



Three sorts are indicated, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b 6 pev cnnClTTjs pe- 

 yto-Toj, iOTi yap oaov a-iri^n = Parus major, L., the Great Tit or Ox-eye : 

 erepos S' opeivos, ovpa'iou paKpov €x<ov = Acredula {Parus) caudaius, 

 the Long-tailed Tit (which occurs in Northern Greece, v. d. Miihle 

 p. 49, Lindermayer p. 65) : rpiros eXaxiarros, including the Tom- 

 Tit and its allies, of which, according to Heldreich (p. 39) P. ater, 

 coeruleiis &x\d. pahistris are rare in Greece ; P. lugubris, Nath., is com- 

 moner and now shares the same popular name KXeiSwi/as with the Great 

 Tit. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opi'i? o-Ka)Xr;Ko0dyoy : ix. 15, 616 b riKrei 

 wa TrXela-Ta (the Long-tailed Tit is known to lay very numerous eggs) : 

 ix. 40, 626 //dXio-ra dSt/cei ras peXiTras (cf. Ael. H. A. i. 58, Phile 650, 

 Geopon. xv. 2, 18). According to Alex. Xlynd. ap. Athen. ii. p. 65, 

 eXaios and avKaXU are also varieties of alyldaXos : vide s. v. auKaXts. 

 Mentioned also Ar. Av. 8S7 together with peXayK6pv(pos (into which 

 crvKoXk is metamorphosed) ; Alcae. Com. ii. 825. Is hostile to okuv- 

 BvXXis, Plut. De Od. et Inv. iv. 537 B. The metamorphosis of 

 Timandra, Anton. Lib. Met. v ; and of Ortygius, Met. xx. Is con- 

 fused with alyodqXas, Dion. De Avib. i. 15, iii. 20. 



