Eagles
animal · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
two eagles · eagles
in the texts
Odyssey
The pair of eagles sent flying by Zeus over the assembly, fighting fiercely before flying off, taken as an omen concerning the suitors.
As he spoke Zeus sent two eagles from the top of the mountain, and they flew on and on with the wind, sailing side by side in their own lordly flight.
Timoleon
Two eagles observed by the soothsayers before the battle of the Crimesus, one bearing a pierced serpent, taken as a favorable omen.
Moreover, the soothsayers, observing two eagles coming up on the wing, one of which bore a serpent pierced with its talons, while the other flew with a loud and inspiring cry, pointed them out to the soldiers, and all betook themselves to invoking the gods with prayers.
On Hunting
Predatory birds that threaten young hares and help explain island hare abundance.
nor eagles, for they haunt big mountains rather than small, and the mountains in the islands, generally speaking, are rather small.
The fact is they are terrified not only of the hounds, but of eagles as well;