30 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AAKYflN {contimud). 



Beloved of the Sea-nymphs, Theocr. vii. 59, cf. Virg. Georg. i. 399. 

 Associated with Pallas, Antip. Sidon. xxvi, Gk. Anth. ii. p. 12 Ifnav 

 ITnXXciSos aKKvi)va (the shuttle, from its swift flash of colour) : with Hera, 

 Pindar fr. 1. c. 

 With ep. ^ovdo^, Mnasalc. viii (Gk. Anthol. i. p. 124), [vide s. v. mtra- 



The Nest. — Arist. H. A. v. 8, 542 b t'iktu rrept rponas ras x^t/ie/Jti^ds* 

 816 Kcn KaXovvrai orac euSinvai yevwvTai ui Tponni, aXKuoviSes rjixepcn enra 

 fifv Tvpo TpoTTcov, inra de pera Tponds, Kaddnep Kal ^ipcovlSqs fnolr}(T€V, 

 "(ibs OTTorav ^eipepiov Kara pr]va TTtvvaKi] Zeus fjpara TtaaapaKaideKa, \a6ave p6v 

 re pnv copnv KoKeovcriv enix^doi/ioi, lepav 7Tai8oTp6<pov noiKlXas oXkvovos." 

 ylvovTPX S eidifLval, orav avplBfj vorinvs y'lveadai tcis rponai, rrjs IlXetaSoy 

 ^opeiov yevopivqs. Xeyerai S eV cttto pei> rjpepais TTOifladat rrjv veoTTidv, 

 iv be Tali XoiTraiy iivra rjpepaLs riKTeiv ra reorrta Ka\ eKTp€cf)eiu. nepl jiev 

 ovv Tovs (VTai'Ba ronovs ovk dii avp^aivei yivecrdai dXKvoplbiis fjpepas nepl 

 ras rponds, iv 8e ria Si/ceXiKco neXdyei crx^^ov del. tlktu 8' rj oXkuiov irepi 

 TTfi'Te cod. . . . ndvTUiv fie anaviioTarov Ihelv dXKvova eariv' cr)(^e86p yap Trepl 

 nXetdSos bvcriv Km rponui opdrai povov, Koi iv To'is v<f)6ppois npforov ocrov 

 TrepUTTTapevr] irepi to ttXoiov a(pavl^€Tai evdvs, Sto Kai ^rrjaix^opos tovtov tov 

 rpoTTov ipvr'jadr] irepX avTrjs. (Schneider conjectures that this last refers 

 to an Argonautic legend, cf. Apoll. Rhod. i. 1085 and Schol.) The Nest 

 further described, ib. ix. 14, 616 irapopoia rals cr(f)nLpaLs rals daXaTriais icrrl 

 Kai Tols KoXovpevais dXocrd^^vais, nXrjv tov \pu)paTos' ti]v fie )(p6av imonvppov 

 i^ovaiv, K. T, X. Kai kotttovti plv aiBqpia) o^el oil Tn)(v diaKanTfTai, apa 

 oe KOTTTOVTI Ka\ Tais X^P""' GpnvovTi Ta)(v SiadpcivfTai, aanep ?; dXo(Td)(VT). . . , 

 doKel fie pdXiaTa eK toiv aKiivBav t^s ^eXovris. A lengthy description in 

 Ael. H. A. ix. 17 : see also Dion. De Avib. ii. 7 ; Plin. x. (32) 47, (33) 49 ; 

 Plut. De Sol. Anim. xxxv; Aes. Fab. 29, &c. Cf. also Callim. xxxi (Gk. 

 Anthol. i. p. 219) 0)9 TTrtpoj TiKTrjTia vorepr]! coeov dXKvdvos. The descrip- 

 tion in Plutarch ends as follows : ipo\ fie ttoXXokis 186vti kqi diyovri, 

 TiapKTTaTni Xeyeiv Kai a.8fiv ' Ai]X(i> 8t] TTore rolov 'AiroXXavoi napd vaa.' 



On the dXKuoi'iSes or dXKuoi/eioi iqfjiEpai, ' when birds of calm sit 

 brooding on the charmed wave,' see also Theocr. vii. 57 KdXKvoves arope- 

 (TfiVTL Ta KvpuTa rdv re ddXncrcrav, tov t€ votov tov t tvpov. Apollonid. 

 Xlll (Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 121) d koi iv dXKvdvav rjpairi KXavavpeda, dXKvovuyv, 



ais iTovTos del (TTrjpi^aTo Kvpa, vTjVipov. Ar. Av. 1 594, Schol. in Ar. 

 Ran. 1344, Ael. i. 36, Philoch. 180, Plut. Sol. Anim, p. 983, Quaest. 

 Graec. pp. 1809, 1810, Apoll. Rhod. i. 1086, Plin. x. (32) 47, xviii. (26) 

 62, xxxii. (8) 27, Aul. Gell. iii. 10, Sil. Ital. xiv. 275, Plaut. Poen. 145, 

 Casina, prol. 26, Diosc. iv. 136, Alciphr. i. i, Lucian Hale. 2, Ovid Met. 

 xi. 745, Colum. xi. 2, Dion. De Avib. ii. 7, Carm. De Philom. 383. On 

 the number of the Halcyon days, see, in addition to the above, Suidas, 

 according to whom Simonides made them eleven (v. supra), Dema- 



