AAIAETOI— AAKYGN 29 



AAKYflN {continued). 



Gk., yjmpofaiyos, also (Heldr.) crapbeXofpdyos, pmppirtXi ttjs BaXdaarfs, 



and (in Acarnania) Paa-iXonovXi. 



First mentioned in Simon, fr. 12 (ap. Arist. H. A. v. 8, 542b, Poet. Lyr. 

 Gr., Bergk p. 874, vide infra) ; Alcman 26 (12), ap. Antig. Mirab. 27 ; 

 and Ibycus fr. 8 (13) aXwoves Tavvo-iirrepot. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. ix. 1 4, 616 f) §' aXwoov tan pev ov ttoXXco 

 [X€i£a>v (TTpovdov, to be XP">P a Kai Kvavovv e^ei kciL )(k(opbv Ka\ V7ron6p(pvpop' 

 pepiypevcos be toiovtov to o~wpa ndv Ka\ al mepvyes Ka\ Ta nep\ tov Tpd^Xov, 

 ov ^copts (Kao-Tov t5>v xpa)parc«>i>* to be pvyxos vwoxXcopou pev, panpov 

 be Kai \(tttov. viii. 3, 593 b to t&v dXKvovcov be yevos ndpvbpov eariv' 

 Tvy\dvei §' avTwv ovTa bvo etbrj. Ka\ rj pev q)deyyeTai, Kadt£dvovo~a em to>v 

 bovaKOiV, rj 5' a(pa>vos' eo~Ti 8' avrr] peifav' to be vcotov dp<poT€pat Kvavovv 

 ?Xovo-ii/. [Cf. Plin. x. 47. Two species occur in Greece, A. (Ceryle) 

 rudz's, L., the Spotted Kingfisher (Mod. Gk. dcnvpov ^/apo(pdyov, v. d. 

 Muhle), principally near the coast, and A. isfiida, the Common King- 

 fisher. Sundevall points out that A. rudis has not to vgotov <vavovv y 

 and suggests A. smyrnensis, which does not now occur in Greece 

 (Kriiper) but in Asia Minor. Neither of these birds can sing, any more 

 than the common Kingfisher, and the attempt is hopeless to identify the 

 second Aristotelian species with either. The whole matter is confused 

 and mystical.] 



On the ■ song' of the Halcyon, cf. Tymnes ii (Gk. Anthol. i. p. 256) 

 2) napopoiov aXicvocnv tov crbv (pOoyyov lacoadpevov l Pindar fr. 62 (34) ap. 

 Schol. Apoll. Rhod. i. 1086 (q. v.) evX6y<os be oo-crav elne tt)v oXkvovos 

 <Pa>vr)v : cf. Dion. De Avib. ii. 7 t£>v aXKvovatv §' ovk av e'lnoi tis els cpuvqv 

 opvfov fjbiov. Its plaintive and melancholy note ; Eur. I. in T. 1089 opvis, 

 a iiapa neTpivas, ttovtov beipabas, oXkvcov, eXeyov oItov deibeis : imitated 

 Ar. Ran. 1309 aXKvoves at nap* devdois OaXdcro-rjs Kvpaai aroapuXAfrf. Cf. 

 II. ix. 563 pf/T^p 'AXkvovos iroXvnevOeos oItov ex ovo ~ a : Mosch. iii. 40 

 'AXkvovos §' ov Toacrov eV dXyeo~iv tax* YJqvi;. Opp. Halieut. i. 424 

 aTovocvTa re (pvXa oXkv6vg>v. Epigr. in Marm. Oxon. iii. p. ill (Ixxi) 

 prjTrjp be rj bvorrjvos obvpeTai old tis aKTais 'AXkvovIs, yoepols bdupvai 

 pvpopeva. See also Lucian in Alcyone, Philostr. Imagg. 362 K, Plut. 

 Utr. Anim., Ov. Met. xi, Trist. v. 1. 60, Her. xviii. 81, &c, &c; cf. 

 also Eumath. De Hysm. et H. L. x. p. 448 ttjv yX&TTav dXKvoves noXv- 

 7rev6eo~Tepai, drjboves dprjvrjTiKWTepai, avrrjs Nl6j3t)s pipovpevai to noXvoaKpv, 

 rrpos Qprjvov ipi£ovom. According to the Scholia in Ar. Aves, Horn. II. ix, 

 Theocr. Id. vii e6prjvei to>v epa>i> avTrjS ev ttj 6aXdo-ar] KXcopevav. 



How the females carry the old males on their backs, Ael. vii. 17 ; cf. 

 Plut. Utr. Anim., Antig. Hist. Mirab. 27. Cf. also Alcman (ap. Antig. 1. c.) 

 $dXe br), /3<iXe KqpvXos etrju, os T em KvpaTOS dudos dp aXwoveavi noTr/rat : 

 imitated in Ar. Av. 251 ^ r em -kovtiov olbpa 6aXdo~o~rjs (pvXa per 

 dXKv6veo-o~i noTaTai. 



