ITPOY0OKAM HAOI ZTPOY0OZ 1 6 1 



ITPOY0OI (continued}. 



cf. Alexid. 3. 449, and Meineke's note ; o-Tpouduricos, Theod. 

 Prodr. Cf. o-TropyiXos, aire'pyouXos, Goth, spar-va, O. H. G. spar-o, 

 Eng. sprug, sparrow, &c. 



A Sparrow, Passer domesticus, L., in Greece, as here, the com- 

 monest of birds (Von der Muhle, &c.) : in Elis, called also 

 q. v. Mod. Gk. <rnovpyirrjs (Erhard) ; on Parnassus 

 (Heldreich) ; and in Cyprus <rrpov6os (Sakellarios). 



Very often used generically, like Lat. passer, Heb. Ti, of any 

 Small birds (cf. Phavorinus, &C., o-rpovOia 8' ovSen-'pco? travra T 



r&v opvidcov) ; sometimes of larger birds, e. g. o-rpovQbs 



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

 KdjunrjXos) ; 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 TiDV 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 KaAoi 8e o-' ayov \ a>Kee? 

 (rrpovdol Trepi yds p,e\aivas \ TTVKVU divevvres Trrep' CLTT a>pai/oo aldep\os did 

 /zeVo-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 Kara/xo/*(pa 

 re (pda/j-ara (TTpovQ&v, 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 o-KuXrjKotydyos. Ib. ii. 

 J 5> 55 b npos rols evrepois TTJV ^oX^i/ e\fi. Ibid. 17, 509 OVK c^ei ovre rbv 

 <TT6p.a%ov OVTC rov TrpoXo/Soj/ rvpuf, dXXa rfjv KoiXiav naKpav. drrocpvaSas 

 e^ei' aXXa niKpa nafj-nav. Ib. ix. 49 B, 633 b Kai Koviovrai. KOI \ovvrai. Ibid. 

 7, 613 Xeyotxrt de rives Kai ran/ crTpovdlcov eviavrov p,6vov rjv TOVS cippevas, 

 TTOIOV/JLCVOI vr]p,elov on TOV capos ov (paii'ovTai exovTfs evdvs TO, Trepl rov 

 tr<aymva /ueXava, vcrrepov 8' ICT^OVO-IJ', w? ovdevbs <ro>ofj.evov rwv Trporepcaj/' 

 ras de 9q\tias fia/cpo/Stcorepa? eii/ai r&v arpovdiuv' ravras yap dXiffKecrdai ev 

 rots veots, <al diadfaas flvai ra> ex flv Ta n pi Ta X 64 '^ o~K\r]pd. Arist. fr. 

 273. 1527 (ap. Athen. 392 a) //era/3aXAet. On albino varieties, cf. H. A. 

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



Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 391 b Suo yevrj flvai rwv arrpovdcov, rb pev 

 rjjj.epov, rb 8' aypiov' rds 8e dr)\eias avr&v dvdevea-repas rd r* aXXa elvai, Kai 

 rb pvyxos Keparocides p.d\\ov rf]v XP^ av ) r ^ Trpoa-conov ovre 



