Aegypius

Aegypius is presented as a Thessalian son of Antheus (son of Nomion) and Bulis and the lover of Timandra, a widow. In the narrative Neophron, the son of Timandra, plotted revenge by seducing Bulis so that, by deception, mother and son would sleep with each other while each believed the other to be someone else; the scheme brought Aegypius into the house where the deception unfolded. When the truth emerged and Bulis attempted to mutilate Aegypius's eyes, Apollo briefly restored Aegypius's sight so he could understand what had happened. Aegypius prayed to be rid of the human condition, and Zeus answered by transforming all four participants into birds: Aegypius and Neophron into vultures, Bulis into a pounx (πώυγξ) (perhaps a heron), and Timandra into an aegithalos (αἰγίθηλος).

As a human the source gives only genealogical identification (a Thessalian son of Antheus and Bulis) and no physical description. After the metamorphosis the account records that Aegypius became a vulture; no additional morphological details (plumage, size, or color) are provided. The other characters receive bird-forms matched etiologically to their actions: Neophron likewise becomes a vulture; Bulis becomes a pounx (possibly a heron) described in the source as a bird associated with eating eyes of fishes, birds and snakes; Timandra becomes an aegithalos, a term glossed as 'long-tailed tit' but noted to possibly refer to any of the Paridae.

The narrative assigns no ongoing supernatural powers to Aegypius beyond the transformation itself. The only god-granted acts recorded are Apollo's temporary restoration of Aegypius's sight so he could perceive the situation, and Zeus's subsequent metamorphosis of the four humans into birds. The bird identities serve an etiological function, explaining behavioral traits of those species by linking them to the humans' actions in the story; the account does not ascribe additional magical faculties or agency to Aegypius beyond being a transformed mortal.