AETOI AHAflN II 



AHAflN (continued}. 



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

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

 Fowles 351, ^Xwpalff VTTO /3a<7(raiy, Soph. Oed. Col. 673.] 



Other Epithets. 'Ar0i'y, aloXooeipos (Nonn. xlvii. 33), moXocpooi/os (Opp. 

 Hal. i. 728), fiapvdaKpvs (Phil. Thess. Ixvi), 8aKpv6eo-o-a (Eur. Hel. mo), 

 *Hpos ayyeXos, ^jj.fp6(pa)vos s. ip,fp6(p(i)vos (Sappho, p. 39, ap. Suid.), 

 KipKr)\aTos (Aesch. Suppl. 62), \iyeia (Aesch. Ag. 1146; Soph. Oed. Col. 

 671), \tyv(pdoyyos (Ar. Av. 1380), \iyv(pa>vos (Theocr. xii. 7), p,f\iyr)pvs 

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

 6gv(pa>vos (Soph. Trach. 963 Babr. xii. 3, 19), gov66s (Aesch. Ag. 1142, 

 Ar. Av. 676, Theocr. Ep. iv. n ; cf. Eur. Hel. mi), TroiKi\68eipos (Hes. 

 Op. et D. 201), Tro\vKa)Ti\os (Simonid. fr. 73, in Etym. M.), irvKvomepos 

 (Soph. Oed. Col. l8), 7rav68vpros S. rravdvpros (Soph. El. 1077), TCKVO- 

 Xereipa (ib. 107), ^Kopavxnv (Simon. 73). [Note similarity of epithets 

 s. v. xeXiSwi/.] 



Among innumerable poetic references, cf. Ibyc. fr. 7 rap-os avnvos 



K\VTOS opOpos eyeiprjartv drjdovas. Simon, fr. 73 8evT dr)86i>es TroXuKwrtXot, 

 X\a)pavxfves elapivai. Callim. L. P. 94 juar^p f*V yoepatv olrov drj8ovi8a)V 

 aye ftapv K\aiov(ra. Aesch. Ag. IIl6 "irvv, "irvv ffTevovcra, drj8(av. Soph. 

 El. 147 <* *!TVV aiev "irvv oXo<puperat, opvis arv^o^LieVa, Aioj ayy(\os. 

 Eurip. Phleg. fr. 773, 23 p-eXnci de SevSpeo-i \enrav drjdav appoviav 

 op6pevop,va yoois^lrvv^Irvv 7ro\v0pr]vov. Eurip. Hel. 1 1 II S> 8ia ov6av 

 yfvvow e\\io[jieva 6pr t vois e/Ltois ^vvepyos. Ar. Av. 212 "irvv eXeXifrufvr) 

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

 absumpti fata gemens Ityli). Soph. Aj. 628 otVrpa? yoov opviOos a^SoCr, 

 cf. Aesch. fr. 412. Eur. Hec. 337 dr)86vos o-ro/xa. Ar. Ran. 684 pvgci 



S' e7riK\avTov drjdoviov vop.ov. Mosch. iii. 37 ovdc roaov ITOK aeurev cvl 

 <rK07re\oi(riv drjfttov ' cf. v. 46. Aristaenet. Ep. i. 3 fjdv KOI drjdoves, 

 irepnterofjievoi TO, va^ara, fj.\a)8ov(nv. Philip Ixvi in Gk. Anthol. ii. 

 p. 213 met 6' fj fBapvdaKpvs, enl a-rrjXais p.ev drjdwv' p,ep.(pop,Vi] de ftvQols, 

 aXKvovls /SXeTrerm, &c., &C. 



Description. Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536 aSet KOI 6 apprjv KCU y ^Xeta 

 [an error, but cf. Od. xix. 518], 7r\rjv rj drfXfia Trauerat orav eVcoa^ KOI ra 

 veoma ^XH" wTrrat KCU dr)da>v veorrov 7rpo8i8d(rKov(ra (cf. Ael. iii. ^O } Plut. 

 De Sol. Anim. 973, Dion. De Avib. i. 20 dnoKTeivfi 8e TOVS d<pd6yyov$, 

 Porph. De Abst. iii. 5). Arist. H. A. v. 8, 542 b rtWa -roC Qepovs dp%o- 



fj.vov 7TVT Kul e <a* (p(o\vi de OTTO TGI) /ueTOTrcopou p~e\pi TOV eapos. 



H. A. ix. 15, 6i6b OVK. ie^et TTJS y\a>TTr)s TO 6gv [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 



17 S' drjdwv qdei p.ev (ruff^cos rjp.epas KOL VVKTUS deKanevre, orav TO opos fj8r) 



i' p,ra. 8e TavTa aftei per, (Tvi/f^ws S' ov<eTi. TOV 8e depovs 

 dfpirjcri <xavr]V Kal OVKCTI 7iavTo8aTrfjv ovSe 



