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TAAYKION (continued}. 



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

 eyes like those of yXavg. Athen. ix. 395 C TO e Xeyo/ni/oi> yXau/aoi/ dia 

 Tr)V TO>V o/u/Ltarcov %pnav /xt/cpa> e'XaTToV earn vr/TTrjs. 



PAAY'E (s. y\au) (yXavo-crco, yXav/cos = gleaming [cf. a/cel)^, a/ceTTTo/iat : 



v. Edl. p. 37]). 

 The Little Owl, Athene noctua, auctt. Mod. Gk. KovKov@ata. 



Description. vvKrcpofiios, Arist. H. A. i. I, 488, cf. Ar. Lys. 760 ; VVKTC- 

 pivos, yafji^wvv^ Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b ; OVK ov /SXeVet rrjs J^/iepa?. ov KOTO 

 iraa'av rrjv VVKTO. 6r]pevfi ) aXX' aKptairfpov KOI rrept opBpov. Orjpevei 8e pi)? 

 /cat o-avpas /cat o-(povdv\as KOI roiavr' a'XXa a>apta, ix. 34, 619 b (cf. Ar. 

 Av. 589). IJLVOVO-I 01 yXaufcco8eiy /cat rco ava) /3Xe^)dp&), ii. 12, 504. /uiKpoj/ 

 e^ei rov (nr\i)va, ii. 15, 506. o-To/xa^oi' e^et evpvrepov TO KUTO)' a7ro0yada? 

 e^et, ii. 17, 509. oXt'-ya? ypepas <po)\l, viii. 1 6, 6oo. The owl's nocturnal 

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



A bird of evil omen, Men. 4. 230 av y\av avfupayr) de^oiKa^fv. Dion. 

 ix, in Gk. Anth. ii. p. 232 a/ACpi Se Tv/j,(3(p aelo /cat atfXauTOi yXaiKes edfVTo 

 yoov : Ael. x. 37 (foretelling Pyrrhus' death) ; see also Pallad. De Re 

 Rust. i. 35, Plin. x. 12, 16, &c. A portent of victory : Hesych. n-po rfjs 

 p.d)(r)s ev SaXa/Liiyi yXavjed (pacri dicnrTTJvai rrjv VIKTJV Trpoarjfj.aivovcmv. Hence 

 Prov. yXaC^ tTTTaTat, cf. Suid., Ar. Vesp. 1086, Eq. 1091 and Schol. On 

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

 Sic. xx. n, 3. 



A weather-prophet, aa-atra evdiav p.avTfverat, 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 

 e5o-7rep eVt rijV yXaC/ca Ta opvea, cf. Ov. Met. xi. 24 et coeunt ut aves si 

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



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

 TT}? fie rjpfpas KOI TO. aXXa upviQia rf]V yXavKa TreptTreVaTat, 6 KaXelrat 

 Ouvpafciv (cf. Timon ap. Hesych., Diog. L. iv. 42, Sillogr. Gr. p. 117, 

 ed. Wachsmuth, ot Se /JLIV fjvre yXavKa Trepit; (nriai TepoToCvro), /cat rrpocr- 

 TreTojueva TiXXou<r*<' dio ol opvidodrjpai Oypevoicriv avrfj iraVTodcnra opvidia. 

 Cf. Arist. H. A. ix. 22, 617 b, Ael. 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 -yXuuKi Se at KopvdaXides aypevovrai. r]V 6 OrjpaTrjs eni TWOS 



Kt/cXa) pa/38ta 7TfpixP l o~QfvTa t^co* TTJV yXavKa TO vvKTepivbv opveov o~7revovo~iv 

 at KopvdaXides eXetr, TW Te lw /cat TOIJ pa/SSot? dXi'o'/fovTai. See also Dio 

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



The owl itself ai>Topxovij.evos dXiV/ceTai, Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597 b, 

 fr. 276, 1527 b. 



