Both Uses of
talon
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- Then tore they with their talons each the other's cheeks and neck on every side, and so sped to the right across the dwellings and the city of the people.†
Book 2 *talons = sharp hooked claws
- In his talons he held a dove and plucked her, and shed the feathers down to the earth, midway between the ship and Telemachus himself.†
Book 15
Definition:
a sharp hooked claw -- especially on a bird of prey