The Eagle Omen
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
eagle · omen · the omen · two eagles
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Anabasis (Greek)
it was sitting, however, and the soothsayer who was conducting him said that while the omen was one suited to the great rather than to an ordinary person, and while it betokened glory, it nevertheless portended suffering, for the reason that other birds are most apt to attack the eagle when it is sitting;
in the texts
Odyssey
The sending of two fighting eagles by Zeus over the assembly, interpreted by Halitherses as a portent of Odysseus's return and doom for the suitors.
Odysseus is not going to be away much longer;
I can read these omens myself much better than you can;
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.
Anabasis
A remembered omen involving a seated eagle that signified glory, suffering, and lack of gain.
it was sitting, however, and the soothsayer who was conducting him said that while the omen was one suited to the great rather than to an ordinary person, and while it betokened glory, it nevertheless portended suffering, for the reason that other birds are most apt to attack the eagle when it is sitting;