\u201cLynx eyes\u201d is an Spanish phrase (equivalent to \u00abeagle eyes\u00bb) that applies to a person of view particularly acute or especially clever and insightful understanding, ie. a crafty person.<\/b><\/p>\n
\n\tWe might think that the origin of the phrase is in the characteristic eyes of this animal, of the Felidae family and thus related to cats. The “lynx<\/em>” has the bright eyes that appear to have a great insight and vision.<\/p>\n \n\tAnd yet that is not itself the origin of the phrase, although some connection there.<\/p>\n \n\tIn Greek Mythology<\/em> there are several characters that are called "Lynceus<\/em>", on Greek Λυγκε\u1f7aς (Lynkeus<\/em>). One of them is the son of Aphareus<\/em>, king of Messenia and brother of Idas<\/em>. The two brothers are part of the famous expedition of the Argonauts<\/em>, that, led by Jason<\/em>, goes in search of the "Golden Fleece<\/em>".<\/p>\n \n\tLynceus<\/em> is famous for its extraordinary sight. Apollonius of Rhodes<\/em>, author of the epic poem “Argonautica” ("The Journey of the Argonauts<\/em>"), says exactly in the book I,151-155:<\/p>\n \n\tThe sons of Aphareus, Lynceus and proud Idas, came from Arene, both exulting in their great strength; and Lynceus too excelled in keenest sight, if the report is true that that hero could easily direct his sight even beneath the earth.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \n\tAnd to confirm the statement of Apollonius<\/em>, Pseudo Apollodorus <\/em>says in his The Library (Bibliotheca) 3,10,3:<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tAphareus and Arene, daughter of Oebalus, had sons Lynceus and Idas and Pisus; but according to many, Idas is said to have been gotten by Poseidon. Lynceus excelled in sharpness of sight, so that he could even see things underground.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \n\tSo the phrase should really say " Lynceus eyes<\/em>". But Lynceus<\/em> is a little-known mythological character instead lynx<\/em> is a beautiful animal predator of the feline family and related to cats. They live mainly in the northern regions, although there is a species in Spain, the Iberian lynx, Lynx pardinus<\/em>, although endangered with a few hundred specimens. There is a major environmental program to ensure the survival of this animal.<\/p>\n \n\tForgotten or little known the mythical carácter of the Argonaut,<\/em> and best known the animal, it is easy to understand how the theft occurred because one of two things: either the bobcat (lynx)<\/em> is named because it has Lynceus eyes<\/em> or Lynceus<\/em> is named because he has lynx eyes<\/em> or lynx sight.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tBecause in any case, one must know that the word "Lynx<\/em>" comes from Latin lynx<\/em> and this in turn from the Greek λ\u1f7aγξ. "Lynx<\/em>" and "Lynceus<\/em>" are obviously two words from the same root. So who really had Lynx eyes<\/em> was Lynceus<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Indo-European root * leuk<\/em> is attested in many languages and means "bright"<\/em>. In Latin, for example, "luceo", clarify, clarify<\/em> and "lux<\/em>" "light<\/em>". So probably this animal is called lynx by the brilliance of her eyes.<\/p>\n \n\tSome linguists relate the name λ\u1f7aγξ , lynx<\/em>, with the verb λε\u1f7bσσω , archaic verb used only in the epic language meaning "look towards, to see<\/em>." This relationship is possible and it would clarify the origin of these terms.<\/p>\n \n\tIn any case it would be fair to speak of "Lynceus eyes or sight<\/em>", but who is able at this point to correct language usage and custom of saying "lynx eyes<\/em>"?<\/p>\n \n\tWe will content ourselves at least advising the reading of the work by Apollonius of Rhodes<\/em> "The journey of the Argonauts<\/em>", the only epic poem after Homer<\/em> to the Hellenistic<\/em> period. Among other values of the work, it helps us to understand how the novel, literary genre more accepting today , came from the epic. \u201cLynx eyes\u201d is an Spanish phrase (equivalent to \u00abeagle eyes\u00bb) that applies to a person of view particularly acute or especially clever and insightful understanding, ie. a crafty person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-language-literature","category-mythology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquitatem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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