The Seba library treats Lynx in 4 passages, across 3 authors (including Lacan, Jacques, Otto, Walter F, Beekes, Robert).
Celle-ci pourtant n'échappe pas à l'œil de lynx du ministre, non plus qu'il ne manque de remarquer le désarroi de la Reine, ni d'éventer ainsi son secret.
Lacan deploys the 'lynx-eye' of the minister as the emblematic figure of penetrating symbolic perception, one that sees through disguise and masters the scene of the letter.
, Écrits, 1966thesis
the other (the lion, the panther, the lynx) representing the most bloodthirsty desire to kill.
Otto classifies the lynx as one of Dionysus's predatory animal companions embodying the god's violent, murderous aspect, counterbalancing the fertility animals in the Dionysian symbolic complex.
, Dionysus Myth and Cult (1965), 1965thesis
AUYKO<; [m., f.] 'lynx' (h. Horn. 19, 24, E., Arist., Thphr., Ael.).
Beekes documents the ancient Greek term λύγξ/λύγκος as a well-attested zoological designation for the lynx, grounding the mythological and literary uses in the classical lexical tradition.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
Dolphin, 155 Dysmainai, 175 Epidemic, dancing, 125; religious, 124-125
This index entry from Otto's work situates the lynx implicitly within the broader Dionysian animal symbolism catalogued across the text, without direct elaboration.
, Dionysus Myth and Cult (1965), 1965aside