AAIAETOZ— AAKYQN 



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AAKYfiN {continued). 



Gk., ■\lrnpo(})dyos, alsO (Heldr.) (raf)8eXo(})ayos, fxniftjx-aiKi t^s 6a\u(T(jr]i, 



and (in Acarnania) 0aai'Konov\i. 



First mentioned in Simon, fr. 12 (ap. Arist. H, A. v. 8, 542b, Poet. Lyr. 

 Gn, Bergk p. 874, vide infra) ; Alcman 26 (12), ap. Antig. Mirab. 27; 

 and Ibycus fr. 8 (13) oXKvoVfs Tawainrfpot. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. ix. 14, 616 17 5' aXKvav ia-ri fiev ov ttoXXw 

 /bif/fo)!/ arpovOov, to Se XP^t^^ ''"'' <^avovv exft kcu x^opov Kai vnonnp(f)vpov' 

 fiffiiyfievMS 8e toiovtov to vrapia -rrav Ka\ nl nrepvyes Kai to nepl tov TpuxfJ^ov, 

 ov X(op\s sKacTTOv TQ)V ;^pa)/n(ircoi'* to 8e pvyxos V7r6x}^a>pov fiev, pnKpbv 

 bi Ka.\ XfiTTot'. viii. 3, 593 b to Ta>v oKKvovoav 5e yevos TTapvbpov icniv' 

 rvyxavei 5' avTMV ovra dvo f'ldrj. koI 17 /xev (f)deyy€Tai, KnOi^auovad enl tcov 

 SovaKav, r) 8' affxovos' eVrt 8' avTrj pfi^cov' to 8e vuitdv dpcfx'iTepai Kvavovf 



exoyo-iv. [Cf. Plin. X. 47. Two species occur in Greece, A. (Cery/e) 

 rudt's, L., the Spotted Kingfisher (Mod. Gk. acnrpov \i/apo(})dyoi', v. d. 

 Miihle), principally near the coast, and A. ispi'da, the Common King- 

 fisher. Sundevall points out that A. rudis has not to vShtov Kvavovv, 

 and suggests A. smyrnensis, which does not now occur in Greece 

 (Kriiper) but in Asia Minor. Neither of these birds can sing, any more 

 than the common Kingfisher, and the attempt is hopeless to identify the 

 second Aristotelian species with either. The whole matter is confused 

 and mystical.] 



On the ' song' of the Halcyon, cf. Tymnes ii (Gk. Anthol. i. p. 256) 

 o> ■napdpoiov okKvocriv tov gov (f>66yyov Icrcoadpfvov : Pindar fr. 62 (34) ap. 

 Schol. Apoll. Rhod. i. 1086 (q. v.) fiXoyas Se oacrnu eiVe ttiv ciXkvovos 

 (j)(opr]v : cf. Dion. De Avib. ii. 7 t&J" dXicvovav 8' ovk av ('inoi Tis els (f>o,)vfjv 

 opvfop fj8iov. Its plaintive and melancholy note ; Eur. I. in T. 1089 oppis, 

 d napa neTpivas, ttovtov 8eipd8as, dXKvai', eXeyov oiTOf dtideis : imitated 

 Ar. Ran. 1309 dXKvoves at Trap' devdois daXdcrarjs Kvpacri aronpiiXXfTf. Cf. 

 II. ix. 563 H-^if^p 'AXkvovos noXvTTfvBfos oltov i'xovcra : Mosch. iii. 40 

 AXkvovos S' ov t6(t<tov iii aXytdiv 'iax^ K^v^. 0pp. Halieut. i. 424 

 arovoevTa t6 ^vXa aXKv6va>v. Epigr. in Marm. Oxon. iii. p. 1 1 1 (Ixxi) 

 li-rjTrjp 8f rj 8v(TTrjvos oSiperat old rts aKTais AXKvopis, yoepols BaKpvai 

 fivpofifva. See also Lucian in Alcyone, Philostr. Imagg. 362 K, Plut. 

 Utr. Anim., Ov. Met. xi, Trist. v. i. 60, Her. xviii. 81, &c., &c.; cf. 

 also Eumath. De Hysm. et H. L. x. p. 448 Tfjv yXunTav dXKvovei noXv- 

 TTfvdeaTtpnt, dT]86i'fS OprjvrjTiKMTepm, aiirrjs Sw^rji pipovpffat to iToXv8aKpv, 

 npos dpfjvou e'pi^ovaai. According to the Scholia in Ar. Aves, Horn. II. ix, 

 Theocr. Id. vii eBprjva Ta>v cowp avTiis iv Tjj daXdcrcrr] KXcopePdyp, 



How the females carry the old males on their backs, Ael. vii. 17 ; cf. 

 Plut. Utr. Anim., Antig. Hist. Mirab. 27. Cf. also Alcman (ap. Antig. I. c.) 

 (idXe 81], ^dXe nijpvXos f'lriP, os t eVl KipaTos cwBos ap^ dXKvoveaai, noTrjTai : 

 imitated in Ar. Av. 251 hv t (ttI nuvTiov ol8p.a daXda-a-rjs (piiXa /xer 

 dXKvuvecrcri noTUTai. 



