KOPiiNH 99 



KOPnNH {continued). 



paros are called Kovpovvai by their neighbours in Paros, the reason 

 assigned being that if the former see a crow on the south side of 

 a tree, they are in terror. 



How a crow never enters the Acropolis at Athens, Arist. fr. 324, 

 1532 b, Ael. V. 8, Apollon. viii, Plin. x. (12) 14. (This statement is 

 believed by some modern travellers, cf. Dr. Chandler, Trav. in Greece, 

 c, xi. p. 54 ; and may have a foundation in fact, due simply to the height 

 of the hill.) How a crow in P2gypt used to carry messages for King 

 Marres, and was honoured with a sepulchre, Ael. vi. 7. How a crow 

 dies if it falls in with the leavings of a wolf's dinner (!), Ael. vi. 46, Phile, 

 671. How a brazen crow was found in the foundation of Coronea, 

 Paus. iv. 34, 5. How the crows showed the grave of Hesiod, Paus. ix. 

 38, 3. How the young crow leaves the egg feet first, Dion. De Avib. i. 10. 

 The heart eaten, to secure prophetic powers, Porph. De Abst. ii. 48 (cf. 

 Upat). 



It was invoked at weddings, Ael. iii. 9 aKovco de tovs irdXai Kal iv rols 

 ydjiois fi€Ta to Vjxevaiov ti]V Kopa>vr]v Kokelv, avvdrjua ofiovoias tovto to'h 

 avviovaiv enl naiSonoua Bitovres. Cf. Horap. i. 9 ynfJiov 8e Srj'KovvTes, 860 

 Kopo}i/as ^<oypa(f)oii(n [ol AlyinrTioL] : regarding which statement, see Lauth, 

 Sitzungsber. Bayer. Akad. 1876, p. 79. Cf. also Horap. i. 8 r6i/"Apea koI 

 TVjV A(ppo8iTriv ypdcfiovTei, 8vo Kopuvas ^coypacpovaw, as liv8pa Ka\ yvvaiKn, enti 

 TOVTO TO ^wov 8vo wa yfvva, a(f> wv lippev Ka\ Brjkv yevvuaOai 8e'i. eVeiSai" Se 

 yevvTjar], onep cnvaviats yiveTui, 8vo dpaeviKa, j) 8vo drjXvKa, to. dpcrtviKo. Tas 

 6r]\eias ynfMrjaavTci oi) filayeTai eTfpa Kopavrj, oiSe fj,rjv tj 6r]\eui etepq Kopoofrj 

 fiexP'- ^c't'TOu, dXXa p.6va Ta ano^vyevTa diaTeXeZ 816 Koi pia Kopavrf avvav- 

 TTjaavTes olcovi^ovTai oi livOpumoL, wr xr^pevovTi avvrjVTrjKoTfs C^oi' Ttjs 8e 

 TOiavTTjs avTcbu opovo'ias X^P'** F^XP' ^^^ ^' "EXXj^i/ef iv to'is ydpois' iKKopi, 

 Kopi, Kopavt]' XiyovcTiv dyvoovvTes. Cf. the Delphic Oracle ap. Pausan. 

 ix. 37j 4 o^ ^^^fS' yevirjV 8i^r'jpifvos, aXX eVi Koi vvv \ l(TTo[iorj'i yipovTi verjv 

 TTOTi^aWe Kopa>vr]v, 



The much-discussed words iKKopi, Kopl, Kopoovj], or (Prov.) /cope, iKKopei 

 Kopoovijv are quite obscure (cf. Herm. Opusc. ii. 227, Leemans in Horap. 

 p. 156, various commentators on Pind. P. iii. 19, &c.). They are prob- 

 ably part of a ' Crow-song,' and very likely involve a corruption of 

 foreign words : ITIKOpl (which word includes the article) is said to be 

 Coptic for a Crow or Daw. Various uses of iKKopia, vnoKopl^opm, &c., 

 are perhaps involved in the same corruption ; cf. also the word-play on 

 Kopr), Kovpos, &c., in the Crow-song next referred to. 



On the Orow-song, Kopwuo-fia, and its singers, Kopoji'io-Tai, see Athen. 

 viii. 359 olSa 8e $oti'iKa tijv KoXo^wi/tof lafi^OKOiov jjLVrjfiovtiovTa Tivoav 

 dv8pu>v cos dyeipovTOiU Trj Kopojcr; (cf. Hesych. S. V. Kopcoviarai), Ka\ XeyovTCOV 

 TavTa' 'E(j6\o\ Kopcoi'?; X^^P" T^pdaSoTe KpiBav, Trj ttoiSI tou 'AndWan'Os, 



fj X€;(oj TTvpcov, K. T. X. Ilgcu, Poct. Gr. Mendicorum Spec, in Opusc. 



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