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Background or reference information on the animals listed here may be be found in the open-access sources listed below or in one or more of the resources listed in the bibliography:
Liddell & Scott, English–Greek Lexicon
Thompson, A Glossary of Greek Birds
Main List
Basiliskos (βασιλίσκος) Basilisk, a kind of serpent, perhaps the Egyptian cobra.
Citations:
Archelaus F6
Batrachos (βάτραχος) Frog
Citations:
Antigonus 4
MA 68.1; 70
Batrachos halieus (βάτραχος ἁλιεύς) Fishing-frog, angler – a type of fish.
Citations:
Antigonus 47
[Birds in general]
Citations:
Antigonus 122
[Birds, unspecified]
Citations:
Par. Flor. 6; 22
Bolinthos (βόλινθος) See Monapos
Bous (βοῦς) Cow, bull (pl. βόες, cattle).
May be non-specifically referred to or included in collective nouns meaning flock, herd, or domesticated animals. Therefore see also ktene, poimne, probaton.
Citations:
Antigonus 19.1sq; 69; 75
MA 129
Par. Pal. 21
Cross-reference List (English names)
Bass See Labrax
Bat See Nykteris
Bear See Arktos
Bee See Melissa
Bird of prey See Gampsos
Bison See Monapos
Blackbird See Kossyphos
Boar See Hys
Bull See Bous above