Owlets' eegs

• owl eggs

• E’s → cf. creakish in the next line → cf. FW 120.19 Greek ees

• owls to Athens: the Greek phrase to send owls to Athens means to do what is superfluous, as owls are already plentiful in Athens (the owl being Athene's familiar bird; the phrase is the same as the English to carry coals to Newcastle, the French porter de l'eau à la rivière (to carry water to the river), and the Latin Alcinoo poma dare (to give apples to Alcinous) → cf. FW 120.20 sick owls hawked back to Athens