All 3 Uses of
talon
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- he sent, A fawn his talons truss'd, (divine portent!)†
Book 8talons = sharp hooked claws
- But upon the signal of an eagle with a serpent in his talons, which appeared on the left hand of the Trojans, Polydamas endeavours to withdraw them again.†
Book 12 *
- Jove's bird on sounding pinions beat the skies; A bleeding serpent of enormous size, His talons truss'd; alive, and curling round, He stung the bird, whose throat received the wound: Mad with the smart, he drops the fatal prey, In airy circles wings his painful way, Floats on the winds, and rends the heaven with cries: Amidst the host the fallen serpent lies.†
Book 12
Definition:
a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey