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KOPQNH {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 Egypt 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. 

 Upa$). 



It was invoked at weddings, Ael. iii. 9 aKoixo be tovs ndXai <a\ iv to'ls 

 ydpois perd to vpevaiov rrjV Kopwvrjv KaXelv, avvdrj/xa ofiovoias tovto rols 

 avviovaiv eVi naibo7roua bibovres. Cf. Horap. i. 9 ydpov be brjkovvTes, bvo 

 Kopd>vas £a>ypa(povo~i [ot Alyinmoi] : regarding which statement, see Lauth, 

 Sitzungsber. Bayer. Akad. 1876, p. 79. Cf. also Horap. i. 8 Tbv"Apca kcu 

 rrjv' AtypobiTrjv ypd(f)0VTes, bvo Kopd>vas faypacpovcnp, a>s dvbpa Ka\ yvvcuKa, ene\ 

 tovto to £<$ov bvo ad yevvq, d(fi lav dppev Kai 6rj\v yevvdadai Set. eneibdv be 

 yevvr)o~r), oirep arvaviois yiptraij bvo dpo-eviKa, rj bvo 6r)\vKa, to. dpaeviKa ras 

 6r)\eias yapr)aavra ov p,iay(Tai erepq Kopoovr], ovbe p,rjv r) 8r)\eia erepa. Kopoivrj 

 p*XP l Quvutov, dWa pova to. dno^vyeuTa biaTe\et. bib Kai pia Kopcovr) crvvav- 

 TrjaavTes oloavi^ovTai 01 avOpanoi, lis xVP evoVTl ovvrjVTrjKOTes (<pa>' tt)s be 

 ToiavTrjs avratv opovoias X"*P LV P*XP l v ^ v °' L "EXX^vey iv toIs ydpois' iiCKopi, 

 Kopl, Kopwvr)' Xeyovaiv dyvoovvTes. Cf. the Delphic oracle ap. Pausan. 

 ix. 27} 4 && V^ €S yeverjv bi£r)pevos, a\X en Kai vvv | laTofiorfi yepovri verjv 

 7roTi'/3aXXe Kopcavrjv. 



The much-discussed words eKKopi, Kopi, Kopwvrj, or (Prov.) Kope, iKKopei 

 KopJovrjv 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 : IIIKOpl (which word includes the article) is said to be 

 Coptic for a Crow or Daw. Various uses of iKKopea, vnoKopi^opai, &c, 

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

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



On the Crow-song, Kopwviajxa, and its singers, Kopwyiorat, see Athen. 

 viii. 359 olba be 3>oiViKa ti]V lio\o(pa>viov lapftorroiov pvqp.ovevovTa tivwv 

 dvbpcov a>s dyeipovTcov ttj Kopcavr/ (cf. Hesych. S. V. Kopcovia-rai), ku\ XeyovTcov 

 raOra' 'Ea0\oi Kopoovy x € ^P a Trpdcrbore Kpi6a>v, Trj naibl rod 'AnoWcovosy 

 r) Ae'xos nvpoiv, k.t.X. Ilgen, Poet. Gr. Mendicorum Spec, in Opusc. 



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