ZTPOY0OKAMHAOI — ZTPOY0OI l6l 



ITPOYOOI {contimied). 



cf. Alexid. 3. 449, and Meineke's note ; arpouOtaKos, Theod. 

 Prodr. Cf. CTiropyiXos, o-TrcpyouXos, Goth. spar-va, O. H. G. spar-o^ 

 Eng. sprug, sparroiv, &c. 



A Sparrow, Passer do!7U'sticiis, L., in Greece, as here, the com- 

 monest of birds (Von der IMuhle, &c.) : in Elis, called also 8€ip"ns, 

 q. V. Mod. Gk. aTrovpyirrjs (Erhard) ; on Parnassus TpvnocjipdKrrjs 

 (Heldreich) ; and in Cyprus o-rpovdos (Sakellarios). 



Very often used generically, like Lat. passer, Heb. "112V, of any 



small birds (cf. PhaVOrinUS, &C., a-Tpovdla 6' oC'Serfpcoy Trdvra TO. puKpa 



Tojv opvidcov) ; sometimes of larger birds, e. g. a-Tpov66s KaroiKdi, 

 Nic. Alex. 60. 535 ; transferred to the Ostrich (vide s. v. o-rpouOo- 

 KdjjiTjXos) ; applied to the Stymphalian birds, Epigr. Gr. 1802. 5. 



Early and Poetic References. — The story of the serpent and the 

 brood of sparrows, II. ii. 308-332 : this is an instance where the name 

 is used vaguely and not specifically (as is "nsv in Deut. xxii. 6) ; the 

 Homeric account of the nest is reflected in Ael. iv. 38, and the state- 

 ment as to the number of eggs reappears in Arist. fr. 1527, ap. Athen. 

 ix. 391 f. 



Venus' team of sparrows, Sappho fr. i. 9 koXoi be a ayou \ wKees 

 aTpovdo\ 7T€p\ yas peXaivas \ nvicva 8ivevvT(s TTTep an aipdvco nWep\os 8ia 

 fj.€CT(T(o. On the connexion between this image and the lascivious pro- 

 pensities of the sparrow, cf. Athen. 1. c. 



The story of Aristodicus and the sparrows' nests in the temple, Herod. 

 i. 159. 



Not mentioned in Attic Tragedy, save for Aesch. Ag. 145 Kardpopcpd 

 re (pdapnTa tjTpovOuiv, on which line see the textual commentators. 

 Frequent in Aristophanes: Vesp. 207, Lys. 723, Ach. 1106, &c. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis aKw\r]Ko(pdyos. lb. ii. 

 15, 505 h TTpos Tols evTepoLS ri]v \i'j\rjv 'e\ei. Ibid. 1 7, 5°9 ^^'^ ^'x^' ovre tuv 

 (TTopaxov ovT€ Tov npoXo^ov evpvv, aWa rqv KoiXiav paKpdv. dTro(f)vd8as 

 e)(ei' dXKa piKpci ndfnrav. lb. ix. 49 B, 633 b Kal Kovlovrai Ka\ \oiivTai. Ibid. 

 7, 613 Ae'yovcrt Se rivei Koi Ta>v <TTpov6ia>v eviavrov povov ^i]v tovs appepns, 

 TTOiovpevoi arjpeiov on tov eapos ov cfiaivovrai exovres evdvs ra Trepi tou 

 TTUiyiova peXavn, vcrrepov b i(T)(ovcrtp, cos ovbevos (rco^opevov tow irpOTepuiv' 

 Tas be drjkeias paKpo^icorepas eivai Totv (JTpovdlav' Tavras yap aXiaKeadai ev 

 Tols veois, Ka\ biabqXas elvai t<j3 e'x^"' '''" ^^P' ^" X^'^^l cr»cX r;pn. Arist. fr. 

 273. 1527 (ap. Athen. 392 a) pera^dWei. On albino varieties, cf. H. A. 

 iii. 12, 519 ; De Gen. v. 6, 785 b. 



Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 391 b bvo yevrj eli/ni tu>v arpovdojp, to pen 

 rjpepov, TO b' aypiov' tcis be 6i]\eias avTMv aadereaTepas to. r aWa elvai, (cat 

 TO pvy)^oi KepnToeibes paXXov ti]U ;(poaj', to be TTpocraTTOU ovTe Xiuu XevKov 

 exovcrai ovre peXav. 



