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Alphabetic listing: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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