The owl of Athena
783
known cult of Athena Aitliyia,' the Gull1.' The Megarians declared
that Athena once took upon herself the form of a gull, hid Kekrops
beneath her wines, and carried him across to Megara2. At Athens
Fig. 578. Fig. 579.
ij, Paus. 1. 5. j Kal §}; Kai XlavSlwv ifiaviXevaev 0 re (so Bekker for 6 tov codd.)
P'X^ovtov Kal 6 K^Kpovos tov hevTtpov tovtov M-qTLovldat tt)s &PXVS e^eXavvovai, Kai ol
JT vti is Miyapa—Bvyaripa yap ei^e IliXa tov f3a(n\evo-ai>Tos iv ileyapois—avveK-
0 \ °VtXiV °'L 7ra^e?* llavdiova p.ev aiiTOv \iyeraL voffijaavTa airodaveiv, Kai ol 7rp6s
Ka\ ""^ ^"^^ io~™> iv rrj MeyapiSi iv ' A8tjv5.s (so Xylander for ad-qvats codd.) AWvias
^ °"K07rAc^, r. 41. 6 €K tovtov be tov iepov Kariovai Havbiovbs iariv ijptpov. Kai bri
, **T^$rl HavSiwv iv Aldvias (so Xylander for TjSvias codd.) 'AB-qvas KaXovfie'voi UK0Tri\ui,
°f MUKe" ° ^^os ^or T'/i'ls W Kal 6" TV irapa Meyapiwv ?xel- The relations
See fe^ara t0 Athens are discussed by K. Hanell Megarische Stitdien Lund 1934 p. 35 ff.
note ""her A. Kiock 'Athene Aithyia' in the Archiv f. Kel. 1915 xviii. 127—133, who
es ">at Leukothea too after helping Odysseus dived into the sea aldviy eUvta (Od. 5.
01 cp. Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 844 n. 8) and that the sea-nymphs after saving the
°°nauts disappeared into the deep aXiyKiai aWviyo-iv (Ap. Rhod. 4. 966).
of Qr^ aPPeHation AtBvia denotes some species of gull (D'Arcy W. Thompson A Glossary
^ackTf ^'re/s <-)xford l895 p- 17 : 'Probably a large Gull, e.g. Larus marinus, the
bein ,eo- (*ull (Sundevall), or L. argcntatus, the Herring Gull (Kriiper), the former
igi8S rare 111 Greece'), perhaps the shearwater (D'Arcy W. Thompson in the Class. Rev.
Pa//aXX™' °4 f- with the very rash suggestion that the modern name for this sea-fowl
be 0y* 'at Naples and Lucca) or Fallante (in the island of Giglio, S. Italy) 'can scarcely
*ipu than the "Bird of Pallas'" or Pa'las herself,' while another Italian term for it,
"WC°ntain 'an echo of aWwa'!). Eustath. in Od. p. 1385, 65 f. koI atOma lis eUbs
justify p"^P""1 'A6Va (Lyk. Al. 359 quoted supra p. 608 n. 4), t\ <t>aa<pbpo% does not
'gnea ' ^''^krandt op. cit. p. 19 in supposing an allusion to Athena's 'aetherea sive
t*'re"cao-/-'C S' Ai*wa' ofirttfS 'Ad-qva TtpaTai irapa ~}leyapevaiv ■ tweibrj eh afflviav
'"anus e"Ta "7ro T0- Trrepa iKpwpe rbv K^Kpoira, Kal bieKbp.to~ev eh ra liUyapa. The
P gives the lemma as ivSapdvta, a reading which, though repeated by Favorin.
783
known cult of Athena Aitliyia,' the Gull1.' The Megarians declared
that Athena once took upon herself the form of a gull, hid Kekrops
beneath her wines, and carried him across to Megara2. At Athens
Fig. 578. Fig. 579.
ij, Paus. 1. 5. j Kal §}; Kai XlavSlwv ifiaviXevaev 0 re (so Bekker for 6 tov codd.)
P'X^ovtov Kal 6 K^Kpovos tov hevTtpov tovtov M-qTLovldat tt)s &PXVS e^eXavvovai, Kai ol
JT vti is Miyapa—Bvyaripa yap ei^e IliXa tov f3a(n\evo-ai>Tos iv ileyapois—avveK-
0 \ °VtXiV °'L 7ra^e?* llavdiova p.ev aiiTOv \iyeraL voffijaavTa airodaveiv, Kai ol 7rp6s
Ka\ ""^ ^"^^ io~™> iv rrj MeyapiSi iv ' A8tjv5.s (so Xylander for ad-qvats codd.) AWvias
^ °"K07rAc^, r. 41. 6 €K tovtov be tov iepov Kariovai Havbiovbs iariv ijptpov. Kai bri
, **T^$rl HavSiwv iv Aldvias (so Xylander for TjSvias codd.) 'AB-qvas KaXovfie'voi UK0Tri\ui,
°f MUKe" ° ^^os ^or T'/i'ls W Kal 6" TV irapa Meyapiwv ?xel- The relations
See fe^ara t0 Athens are discussed by K. Hanell Megarische Stitdien Lund 1934 p. 35 ff.
note ""her A. Kiock 'Athene Aithyia' in the Archiv f. Kel. 1915 xviii. 127—133, who
es ">at Leukothea too after helping Odysseus dived into the sea aldviy eUvta (Od. 5.
01 cp. Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 844 n. 8) and that the sea-nymphs after saving the
°°nauts disappeared into the deep aXiyKiai aWviyo-iv (Ap. Rhod. 4. 966).
of Qr^ aPPeHation AtBvia denotes some species of gull (D'Arcy W. Thompson A Glossary
^ackTf ^'re/s <-)xford l895 p- 17 : 'Probably a large Gull, e.g. Larus marinus, the
bein ,eo- (*ull (Sundevall), or L. argcntatus, the Herring Gull (Kriiper), the former
igi8S rare 111 Greece'), perhaps the shearwater (D'Arcy W. Thompson in the Class. Rev.
Pa//aXX™' °4 f- with the very rash suggestion that the modern name for this sea-fowl
be 0y* 'at Naples and Lucca) or Fallante (in the island of Giglio, S. Italy) 'can scarcely
*ipu than the "Bird of Pallas'" or Pa'las herself,' while another Italian term for it,
"WC°ntain 'an echo of aWwa'!). Eustath. in Od. p. 1385, 65 f. koI atOma lis eUbs
justify p"^P""1 'A6Va (Lyk. Al. 359 quoted supra p. 608 n. 4), t\ <t>aa<pbpo% does not
'gnea ' ^''^krandt op. cit. p. 19 in supposing an allusion to Athena's 'aetherea sive
t*'re"cao-/-'C S' Ai*wa' ofirttfS 'Ad-qva TtpaTai irapa ~}leyapevaiv ■ tweibrj eh afflviav
'"anus e"Ta "7ro T0- Trrepa iKpwpe rbv K^Kpoira, Kal bieKbp.to~ev eh ra liUyapa. The
P gives the lemma as ivSapdvta, a reading which, though repeated by Favorin.