daulides

Updated: May 4, 2025

Nor did Lucius himself approve that only interpretation of the ancients, who say, this symbol aims directly at backbiters and tale-bearing whisperers. For the swallow whispers not at all; it chatters indeed, and is noisy, but not more than a pie, a partridge, or a hen. And even to this day they call the birds Daulides.

Plutarch - Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies