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TAAYKION {continued). 



(Lindermayer, p, 163); at least some species of duck with pale yellow- 

 eyes like those of ykav^. Athen. ix. 395 C t6 Se \fy6fiivov yXavKiou dih 

 rfjv TQiv ofi/xaTap ;(pf)a»' niKpa eXarrov ecrTt vr'jTTris. 



FAAY'r (s. yXau^) (y\ aver era}, yXavKoi = gleaming [cf. aKcoyp', aKfwTOfiai : 



V. Edl. p. 37]). 

 The Little Owl, Athene noctua, auctt. ]\Iod. Gk. KovKov^uta. 



Description. — vvKrepo^ios, Arist. H. A. i. I, 488, cf. Ar. Lys. 760 ; wKre- 

 pivos, ya/iv|^6)i'v|, Arist. H.A. viii. 3, S92b; oIk 6^v /SXeVei T^STjfiepai. ovKara 

 naaav rfjV vvktu Orjpevei, nXX aKpiaiVfpov Koi Trepl opdpoi'. Orjpevn 8e pvi 

 Koi cravpas koi (TcfiovdvXas Kai Toiavr ciWa fcoSapio, ix. 34, 619 b (cf. Ar. 

 Av. 5S9)- pvovcn ol yXavK<ii)8€ii KOI rw nvco j3\e(f)dpco, ii. 12, 504. piKpov 

 ex,fi- rov (nT\i]va, ii. 1 5, 506. (TTopaxov '4\ei evpvrepou to kutco' dno(pvd8as 

 ex^i, ii. 17) S'^9' oXiyas rjpepas (pcoXe'i, viii. 16, 600. The owl's nocturnal 

 hootings, Ar. Lys. 760 (vide s. vv. |3uas, kiku|xis). 



A bird of evil omen, Men. 4. 230 tiv yXav^ dvfKpdyrj 8e8o'iKanev. Dion. 

 ix, in Gk. Anth. ii. p. 232 dp(p\ 8e Tvpfi<^ aelo koi aKXavroi yXaiKes '46(vto 

 yoov : Ael. x. 2>7 (foretelling Pyrrhus' death) ; see also Pallad. De Re 

 Rust. i. 35, Plin. x. 12, 16, &;c. A portent of victory : Hesych. npo Ti]s 

 fidxTji €V 'S.aXapivi yXai K(I (^acrt 8umTT]vni tijv viktjv iTpoQrjpnlvovanv. Hence 

 Prov. yXav^ Inrarai, cf. Suid., Ar. Vesp. 1086, Eq. 1091 and Schol. On 

 the Owls released by Agathocles to encourage his soldiers, see Diod. 

 Sic. XX. II, 3. 



A weather-prophet, acracra ii8iav pavTeverai, Arist. fr. 241, 1522 a. 

 Cf. Theophr. Sign, iv, Ael. vii. 7, Arat. 999, Geopon. i. 2. 6, Virg. 

 Georg. i. 403. 



The hostility to it of small birds, Arist. H. A. ix. i , 609, Luc. Harm, i 

 SxTTTfp fTTi Ti]v yXaiKu TO. opven, cf. Ov. Met. xi. 24 et coeunt ut aves si 

 quando luce vagantem Noctis avem cernunt ; Plin. x. (17) 19, Sec. 



Capture of small birds by means of the owl, Arist. H. A. ix. i, 609 

 T^y 8i riptpm Ka\ tu aWti dpvidia Ti]v yXavKa nepiTTfTarai, o KaXelrai 

 6iivpd^eiv (cf. Timon ap. Hesych., Diog. L. iv. 42, Sillogr. Gr. p. 117, 

 ed. Wachsmuth, 01 Se p,iv fjvre yXavKa Tvepi^ (rni^ai TeparovvTo), Ka\ npo(T- 

 nerdpei/a TiX^ovuif' 8l6 ol upvidodrjpai drjpevoKTiv aiirfj 7ravTo8a7ra opvldia. 

 Cf. Arist. H. A. ix. 22, 617 b, Aeh i. 29, Phil. De An. Pr. 468, Dio Chrys. 

 xii. I : an Egyptian version, Horap. ii. 51. Full account in Dion. De 

 Avib. iii. 17 yXdiiKl Se al Kopv8aXi8es dypevovrai rjv 6 dijpaTi)! eni twos 

 XaXKrjs <jrrj(Tas d'^i8os rivdaaei, andpra crm'e;^cds iniTilvoiv, Ka\ nepi6e\s 

 Ki'K.X(o pa/38ta TVipixpiaBiVTa i^tp* Tr]v yXavKa to vvKTepivov opveov aTrfC8ov(riv 

 al Kopv8aXi8es eXeif, tco T€ l^(0 koi rot? pa^Sots aXiaKovTai. See also Dio 

 Prusiensis, Orat. 72 and 12, quoted in Schneider's Eel. Phys. i. 48. 



The owl itself avTop^ovpfvos dXtV/cerat, Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597 b, 

 fr. 276, 1527 b. 



