142 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



nEPIXTEPA {continued'). 



aTroiJi.a\aKi(r]Tiii npos rrjv elVoSof t'";? veoTTias Sta rfjv Xo;\^fiai', rvTrrei kcil 

 avayKc'i^ei elaupni. Ael. iii. 5 'mpioTepav be opvidav (TctXJipovfaTuTrjv, Kai 

 K€Ko\aaii€vr]v els d(j)po8iTt]v p.d\i(TTn ukovo) XeyovTcop' ov yap ttot€ dXXr/Xcoi' 

 diacrncovrni, ovre tj 6i]\(ia, (av fj.f] d(f)atpedr] Tvxu Tivi tov avvvupiov, ot're o 

 cipprjv rjv /xt) xw^^ yevrjrai : cf. also iii. 45, V. H. i. 15. See also Athen. 

 ix. 394, Antig. H. M. 38 (44), Dion. De Avib. i. 25, Porphyr. De Abst. 

 iii. 10, Plin. x. (34) 52, Propert. ii. 15, 27, &c., &c. Hence, in Egypt, 

 a black dove a symbol of perpetual widowhood, Horap. ii. 30. 



Its simplicity and harmlessness (aKepatoa-vfr]) Matt. x. 16; cf. Cyrill. 

 De Ador. Spir. xv -n-pos "iKpov tJKfiv Trpaori^Tos, &c., &c. With ep. placida, 

 Ovid, Met. vii. 369, cf. Hon Epist. i. 10, 4, &c., &c. 



As Epithets, nepLarepu and (jiuaaa are apphed to a wife and mistress, 

 Artemid. Oneir. ii. 20 ; similarly Lycophron calls Helen rpfip^v (Cass. 

 87, ubi Schol. diaTu\nxvoi'),'TeX(Lds (ib. 131, Schol. nopvr]), and Cassandra 

 (ib. 357) (^(io-o-a. In Lat. Coluniba is very frequent as a term of endear- 

 ment, Plant. Cas. i. 50, Asin. iii. 3, 103, &c., &c., while pahanbes, 

 Id. Bacch. i. I, 17 appears in the sense of lover, and tnrtur, Bacch. i. i, 

 35 in that of mistress. 



Varieties. — Aristotle enumerates the following names or varieties 

 of pigeon : H. A. viii. 3, 593 ^(i^ [om. A''^, C^], ^arra [om. D'^], 

 7rfpi<TT€pa, olvds, rpvyu)!': ib. viii. 12, 597 b (purrat, TreXeuiSef, rpvyoves, 

 TTfpiaTfpai : ib. v. 13, 544 b Trepia-Tfpd, neXetds, (paTTa, olvds, Tpvyoyu. 

 Arist. ap. Athen. ix. 393 i Trepiartpd, olvdi, (pdyj/-, (fidacra, rpvy^jv. Callim. 

 nepl upvecov, ap. Athen. ix, 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15 (pdaaa, nvpaWls, 

 ■neptcTTepd, rpvyaiv : for all which names, see under their proper 

 headings. 



irepiCTTcpd is usually the generic word : irfpiaTepwv p.h elvai tv yivos 

 (i8t) 8( TvefTe, Arist. fr. 27 1, 1 5 27, &.C. When used specifically, it refers 

 to the Domestic Pigeon, Coliiviba livia, var. doinestica : Arist. H. A. 

 i. I, 4S8 b ra p.kv aypoiKa axrnep (pdrra . . , ra Se avvavOpunri^fi olov 

 TTfpiaTfpd: ib. V. 13, 544 b TidaacTov 8e yiverai fxaWov rj Trepiarepd : cf. 

 Soph. fr. 745 (ap. Plut. Mor. 959 e) irepiarfpav ((Peariov oIkstiv re : Plat. 

 Theaet. 199 b XajSelv cpda-a-av dfTi nepiarepas, a wild pigeon for a tame 

 one. Cf. etwQds, ij KaTOiKlSios Trepicrrfpa, f) yap dypia, TTfXetay, Moeris 

 (p. 405, ed. Koch, 1830) ; with which cf. Themist. Or. xxii. p. 273 C ov 

 yap Bt) TU)V TTepiCTTfpSiv fxev at eddSes TToWaKts tipcis Ka\ ^fpds endyopTai, 

 In its generic use it appears, e. g., in the statement that in cities 

 nepKTTepai are tame, in country districts very wild, Ael. iii. 15 ■nepi(rT(pa\ 

 8e iv Tali TroXecrt To'is dpdpMTTOis avpayeXd^opTai, Kat elcri Trpaorarat Kn\ 

 flXovvrai irapa ro'is noaip, &c. The passage in Ar. Lys. 754 appears 

 to refer to the extreme familiarity of the city-pigeons. 



White pigeons : first seen in Greece near Athos, during the Persian 

 War, Charon ap. Athen. ix. 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15; though white 



