TEPANOI— rAAYH 45 



TAAYKION {continued). 

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

 eyes like those of yXavg. Athen. ix. 395 C to 8e Xeyaptvov yXaxiKiov diet 

 rr)u ru>v oppaTcov \pdav /ii/<pc5 eXaTTou icrTi vtjtttjs. 



TAAY^E (s. y\au£) (yXavaaa), yXavKos = gleaming [cf. aKco^r, aKtnTopxii : 

 v. Edl. p. 37]). 



The Little Owl, Athene noctua, auctt. Mod. Gk. mvKovfiaia. 



Description.— vvKrepoftios, Arist. H. A. i. I, 488, cf. Ar. Lys. 760 ; vvktc- 

 pivos, ya/x\//wu£, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 59 2 ^ '1 °^ K o£*' /3X*«*I rrjs fjpepas. ov Kara 

 ndaav rrjv vvkto, drjpevei, dXX' dxpeairfpov Kal Trepl opOpou. drjpevei 8e pvs 

 Kal aavpas Kal a(poi>8vXa$ Kal Toiavr aXXa £a>8dpia } ix. 34, 619 b (cf. Ar. 

 Av. 589). pvovai oi yXavKoodeis Kai rco ava> (3Xe(pdpcp, ii. 12, 504. piKpbv 

 €\€i rbv cnrXrjva, ii. 1 5, $o6. aropa^ov e\€i evpvrepov to kutco' dnotpvddas 

 e^€t, ii. 17, 509. oXiyas fjpepas cpa>Xe~i f viii. 1 6, 600. The owl's nocturnal 

 hootings, Ar. Lys. 760 (vide s. vv. ^vas, kikujus). 



A bird of evil omen, Men. 4. 230 av yXavg dveKpdyrj 8e8o'iKap€v. Dion, 

 ix, in Gk. Anth. ii. p. 232 dpcpl 8i Tvp(3(o ado Kal Hkkavrot ykavKts tdevTo 

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

 Rust. i. 35, Plin. x. 12, 16, &c. A portent of victory : Hesych. npb rrjs 

 pd^rjs iv 2a.Xap.lvi yXavKa cpaai duurTjjvai Tqv v'tKr\v npoarjpaivovo-av. Hence 

 Prov. yXavg InTaTai, cf. Suid., Ar. Vesp. 1086, Eq. 1091 and Schol. On 

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

 Sic. xx. 11, 3. 



A weather-prophet, aaaaa ev8iav pavreveTai, 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. 1, 609, Luc. Harm. 1 

 a>o"TT€p eVi Tt)v yXaiKa to. opvea, cf. Ov. Met. xi. 24 et coeunt ut aves si 

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



Capture of small birds by means of the owl, Arist. H. A. ix. 1, 609 

 r/)c 8e rjpepas Kal to. aXXa bpviOia tijv yXavKa 7repi7reYarai, 6 KaXerrai 

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

 ed. Wachsmuth, oi 8e piv tj'vt€ yXavKa 7repi£ arrival reparovvTo), Kal npoa- 

 ircrdpepa TiXXovaiv' 816 oi dpviOodrjpai 6t)pevoho-iv avTjj 7ravTo8a7rd opvidta. 

 Cf. Arist. H. A. ix. 22, 617 b, Ael. i. 29, Phil. De An. Pr. 468, Dio Chrys. 

 xii. 1 ; an Egyptian version, Horap. ii. 51. Full account in Dion. De 

 Avib. iii. 17 yXowti 8e al Kopv8aXi8es dypevovrai r\v 6 BrjpaTqs eni twos 

 XaXKtjs arrjaas d\jfl8os Tivdaaei, andpTa avvex&s eiriTeLvcov, Kal nepiOels 

 kvkXco pa/38:a TrepLXpiadevTa l£&' ttjv yXavKa to vvKTepivbv opveov a7T(v8ovaiv 

 al Kopv8aXi8es eXelv, tco tc I£c3 Kal to'ls pdfibois dXiaKovTai. See also Dio 

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



The owl itself duTopx»vpevos aXioKerat, Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597 b, 

 fr. 276, 1527 b. 



