142 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



FIEPIITEPA {continued}. 



airofjia\a.Kir)Tai Trpbs TTJV eTcroSoi/ rrjs veorrias 8ia rr]V Xo^etai/, TVTTTCI KOI 

 dvayKa^fi ettneVai. Ael. iii. 5 Tfcpiorfpav 5e opvidwv aaCppovea'TdTTjv, /cat 

 KKO\aafJ.vrjv els d(ppo8!.Tr]v p-dXtara O.K.QVU) Xeyovrav' ov yap Trore aXX^Xtov 

 diao~nS)VTai) ovre 17 ^Xeta, eav p,fj dfpatpedf) rv^rj TLV ^ TOV ovw6ftov t oure 6 

 apprjv r)v M xw* yevrjrai i 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 (anepaiocrvvrj) Matt. x. 16; cf. Cyrill. 

 De Ador. Spir. xv Trpbs aKpov fjneiv rrpqorrjTos, &c, &c. With ep. placida, 

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



As Epithets, Tj-epKrrepa and <pdo-<ra are applied to a wife and mistress, 

 Artemid. Oneir. ii. 20 ; similarly Lycophron calls Helen Tpfjpav (Cass. 

 87, ubi Schol. 8ia roXa^i/oj/), ne\fids (ib. 131, Schol. nopvr}), and Cassandra 

 (ib. 357) (paa-a-a. In Lat. Columba is very frequent as a term of endear- 

 ment, Plaut. Cas. i. 50, Asin. iii. 3, 103, c., c., while palumbes y 

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

 35 in that of mistress. 



Varieties. Aristotle enumerates the following names or varieties 

 of pigeon: H. A. viii. 3, 593 (pd^ [om. A a , C a ], (paTra [om. D a ], 

 7rfpi(TTpd, olvds, rpvyoav '. ib. viii. 12, 597 (pdrrai, TreXeiaSes 1 , rpvyoves, 

 TTfptOTfpai I ib. V. 13, 544 b Trepiarepa, TreXeias-, ^)arra, olvas, rpvyav. 

 Arist. ap. Athen. ix. 393 f Trepjorfpa, oli>ds, (pd-^r, (pdo-a-a, rpuycov. Callim. 

 Trepi opveav, ap. Athen. ix. 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15 (pda-aa, TrvpaXXiV, 

 Trepio-rtpa, rpvyw : for all which names, see under their proper 

 headings. 



irepiorepd is usually the generic word : 7rfpio-repo)i> p.ev ftvai ev yevos 

 eid7 Se rrevre, Arist. fr. 271, 1527, &c. When used specifically, it refers 

 to the Domestic Pigeon, Columba livia, var. domestica : Arist. H. A. 

 i. I, 488 b TO. /zei/ aypoiKa &<rnep (pdrra . . . ra 8e (rvvav6pto7ri(i olov 

 TrepurTfpd: ib. V. 13, 544 b ridaa-o-bv 8e yiverai /uaXXoy 17 nepiarfpa: cf. 

 Soph. fr. 745 (ap. Plut. Mor. 959 e) Trepiarepav e<pmov OIKSTIV re : Plat. 

 Theaet. I99b Xa/Sttj' (pdo-o-av avrl irepiarfpas, a wild pigeon for a tame 

 one. Cf. eiwucis, f] KaroiKidios Trtpicrrepa, T) yap aypia, rrfXfids, Moeris 

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

 yap 8rj TWV 77epKrrepa>i> p,tv at eddftes iroXXaKis nvas Ka\ ^evas eVayoi/Tat. 

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

 TreptoT-fpai' are tame, in country districts very wild, Ael. iii. 15 rrfpiarfpal 

 de ev rats TroXfcrt roils avdpomois avvayeXd^ovrai, Kai flai Trpaorarat /cat 

 (IXovvrai Trapa rot? irbcriv, 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 



