14 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AHAQN {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 (daaus) of Daulis. Again, is it certain that arOls 

 ar}ha>v, 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 Aifivs re dr\hu>v' at 

 yap iv Kapxqdovi (rrjs AijSvtjs de elai) yvvaines [at] tcl 'idia reuva Kara ti 

 vofjupov iacpay'ia£ov Kp6va> [et maestis late loca questibus implent !] : cf. 

 Soph, in Andromeda, fr. 132, ap. Hesych. s. v. KoupiW. 



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). drjowp and 

 aXuvciv are also apt to be confused, e. g. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b, where 

 MSS. have dr)duva>v for dXuvovcov, and Suid. s.v. 'Hpepiva, (5>a, where 

 arjdoov occurs among the BaKdaa-ia £o>a, between dXicvcov and K.r)v£ ; cf. 

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

 ap. Anton. Lib. 11, the mother of Aedon is transformed into the bird 



See also s. vv. dXidcTOS, oLXkucSk, x e ^ t &wi'. 



Al'BETO'l (for alfcTos). alfieros' deros, Tlepyaioi, Hesych. 



AlTl'OAAOI (also aiyiGaWos ; cf. Kopu&aXos, KopuSaXXos). A Titmouse. 



Three sorts are indicated, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b 6 /xeV (nri{LTr)s pe- 

 yio-Tos, eon yap oaov aniCa = Parus major, L., the Great Tit or Ox-eye : 

 erepos S' opeivos, ovpa'iov paupbv e^coi/ = Acredula [Parus) caudatus, 

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

 p. 49, Lindermayer p. 65) : rptro? eXdxto-Tos, including the Tom- 

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

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

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

 Tit. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis a-KcoXrjKocpdyos : ix. 15, 616 b tiktci 

 aa 7rXeIorra (the Long-tailed Tit is known to lay very numerous eggs) : 

 ix. 40, 626 paXiara doucel tcls peXiTras (cf. Ael. H. A. i. 58, Phile 650, 

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

 eXai6s and o-vKaXLs are also varieties of alyi0aXos : vide s. v. cruicaXis. 

 Mentioned also Ar. Av. 887 together with peXayicopvcpos (into which 

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

 GvXXis, 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 alyodljXas, Dion. De Avib. i. 15, iii. 20. 



