14 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AHAflN (continued}. 



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 (dacrvs) of Daulis. Again, is it certain that drdls 

 arjftav, a late and rare epithet in Greek (Nonn. Dionys. xlvii. 32, cf. 

 ibid. xliv. 265), means really the Attic 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 A.if3vs re a.T)8o>v' at 

 yap ev VLapxydovi (rfjs Aifivrjs de ftcri) yvvaiKes [at] ra i'Sta reKva Kara TI 

 vofjLifjiov y o-(payiaov Kp6va> [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). drjSuv and 

 d\Kva>v are also apt to be confused, e. g. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b, where 

 MSS. have drjSovvv for d\Kvova>v, and Suid. s.v. 'H/xepti/a a>a, where 

 dr)8<av occurs among the 6a\da<na a>a, between d\Kv<av and Kr)vg ; cf. 

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

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



See also s. vv. dXideros, dXtcuoW, x 6 ^ ^- 

 Al'BETO'l (for al^eros). alperos' deros, Uepyaiot, Hesych. 

 AlTl'OAAOI (also aiytOaXXos ; cf. KopuSaXos, Kopu8aXX<5s). A Titmouse. 



Three sorts are indicated, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b 6 pev cnri^ir-qs pf- 

 yto-roS) fan yap oaov (nria = Parus major, L., the Great Tit or Ox-eye : 

 cTcpos S' opeivos, ovpdiov fiaKpov ex )V ~ Acredula (Parus] caudatus, 

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

 p. 49, Lindermayer p. 65) : rpiros eXa^io-ros, including the Tom- 

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

 coeruleus and palustris are rare in Greece ; P. higubris, Nath., is com- 

 moner and now shares the same popular name KXeidcwds with the Great 

 Tit. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis <rKO)\r)Ko(pdyos : ix. 15, 616 b Tucrei 

 <'a TrXelora (the Long-tailed Tit is known to lay very numerous eggs) : 

 ix. 40, 626 /MaAiora aSiKei ras fie \Lrras (cf. Ael. H. A. i. 58, Phile 650, 

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

 eXato? and <rvKci\is are also varieties of alyidaXos: vide s.v. auicaXis. 

 Mentioned also Ar. Av. 887 together with p,e\ayKopv(f)os (into which 

 <rvKoXfc is metamorphosed) ; Alcae. Com. ii. 825. Is hostile to d<av- 

 QvXXis, 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 alyo0ji\as, Dion. De Avib. i. 15, iii. 20. 



