AETOI — AHAflN 1 I 



AHAfiN {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, xhvpais vnb fidorcrais, Soph. Oed. Col. 673.] 



Other Epithets. — 'A.t3l$, alo\68etpos (Nonn. xlvii. 33), aloXdcpavos (Opp. 

 Hal. i. 728), PapvdaKpvs (Phil. Thess. lxvi), daKpv6«raa (Eur. Hel. 11 10), 

 Hpos ayyeXos, r)pepo(pu>vos s. IpepocPcovns (Sappho, p. 39> a P* Suid.), 

 KipKTjXaros (Aesch. Suppl. 62), Xiyeia (Aesch. Ag. 1 146; Soph. Oed. Col. 



671), XiyvcpBoyyos (Ar. Av. 1380), Xiyixfiwvos (Theocr. xii. 7), peXiyijpvs 

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

 dgiKpoovos (Soph. Trach. 963 Babr. xii. 3, 19), £ovd6s (Aesch. Ag. 1 142, 

 Ar. Av. 676, Theocr. Ep. iv. 11 ; cf. Eur. Hel. 11 11), 7roiKiX68eipos (Hes. 

 Op. et D. 201), 7ro\vKa>Ti\os (Simonid. fr. 73, in Etym. M.), nvKi/oTTTepos 

 (Soph. Oed. Col. 18), nap68vpros s. ndvdvpTos (Soph. El. 1077), tckvo- 

 XcTetpa (ib. 1 07), xkapavxqv (Simon, 73). [Note similarity of epithets 

 s. v. xeXiowi/.] 



Among innumerable poetic references, cf. Ibyc. fr. 7 rapos av-nvos 

 kXvtos opdpos eyeiprjaiP drj86vas. Simon, fr. 73 SeOr' arjdoves noXvKwTiXoi, 

 X\a)pav)(€ves dapivai. Callim. L. P. 94 pdrqp pev yoepcov oltov drjdovidav 

 aye (Bapv Kkalovaa. Aesch. Ag. IIl6 "Itvv, "Itvv (TTtvovcra, dq8d>v. Soph. 

 El. I47 a "\tvp alep "\tvv oXocpvperai, opvis drvfrpeva, Ains ayyeXos. 

 Eurip. Phleg. fr. 773> 23 peXirei 8e SevSpecxi Xenrav drjdoov appoviav 

 opdpevopeva y6ois ¥ lrvv,"lrvv TroXvOprjvov. Eurip. Hel. I III a> 81a tjovddv 

 yevv<ov eXeXiCopeva 6 pivots epols ^vvepyos. Ar. Av. 212 "lrvv eXeXifypevrj 

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

 absumpti fata gemens Ityli). Soph. Aj. 628 olKrpas yoov opvtdos drjSov?, 

 cf. Aesch. fr. 412. P2ur. Hec. 337 drjdouos o-ropa. Ar. Ran. 684 pv&i 

 §' iniKkavrov dr)86viov vopov. Mosch. iii. 37 oh8k Toaov ttok a€io~ev ivl 

 (TKoirekoiaiv dr)8d>v: cf. v. 46. Aristaenet. Ep. i. 3 f)8ii ml drj86ves, 

 ne pnrer6p.evoi tci vdp.ara, peXco8ovo~iv. Philip lxvi in Gk. Anthol. ii. 

 p. 213 alel 5' f) (3apv8aKpvs } enl aTrjXacs pev drjdow' pep<popevr] Be fivOois, 

 oXkvovls fiXeneTai, &C, &C. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536 a8ei Kal 6 appqv m\ f] BrfXeia 

 [an error, but cf. Od. xix. 518], nXrjv f] BrjXeia -naverai orav eiroid£r) m\ to. 

 veoTTia %%g, cmTai ml drjdow vcottov 7rpo8ibdaKovo-a (cf. Ael. iii. 40, Plut. 

 De Sol. Anim. 973, Dion. De Avib. i. 20 diroKTelvei 8e tovs dcpdoyyovs, 

 Porph. De Abst. iii. 5). Arist. H. A. v. 8, 542 b tlktu tov dtpovs dpxp- 

 pevov nevre Kal l£ cod' cpcoXevet 8e dno tov peTorrcopov pe\pi T °v capos. 

 H. A. ix. 15, 616 b ovk %x ei T *i s yXaTTrjs to 6£v [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 6° drjBoov a8ei pev avve\cos rjpepas Kal vvktos BemnevTe, orav to opos fjBrj 

 8aavvr)Tai' pera 8e ravra a8ei pev, crvvfx&s 8' oixeri. tov 8e Bepovs Trpoiovros 

 aXXrjv d(pir)o-i (pcovrjV Kal ovkctl 7ravTo8anr]V ov8e r[/j]a^eiai/ Kal emo-Tpecpr} 



