142 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



nEPIITEPA {continued). 



dnopaXaKifyrai, rrpbs rfjv etaodov rrjs veomds 8ia rrjv Xo^eiai/, rvirrei kul 

 dvaynd^ei elaievai. Ael. iii. 5 rreptcrrepdv be opvldcov acocppoveo-rdrrjv, koi 

 KeKoXaapevrjv els dcppoblrrjv pdXiara aaovoj Xeyovrcov' ov yap nore aXX^Xcoi/ 

 diaancovTai, ovre r) OrjXeia, eav prj dcpaipedr] rvxfl tiv\ rov avvvopov, ovre 6 

 apprjv r\v prj xw os yeVr/rat : cf. also iii. 45, V. H. i. 1 5. 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 (aKepaioavur}) Matt. x. 16 ; cf. Cyrill. 

 De Ador. Spir. xv irpos aKpov fjiceiv npaor^ros, &c, &c. With ep. placida, 

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



As Epithets, nepio-repd and cpdo-aa are applied to a wife and mistress, 

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

 87, ubi Schol. did roXaxvou), neXuds (ib. 131, Schol. TTopvri), and Cassandra 

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

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

 Id. Bacch. i. 1, 17 appears in the sense of lover, and turtur, Bacch. i. 1, 

 35 in that of mistress. 



Varieties. — Aristotle enumerates the following names or varieties 

 of pigeon: H. A. viii. 3, 593 <pd\}s [om. A a , C a ], cpdrra [om. D a ], 

 irepiorrepd, olvds, rpvyoav : ib. viii. 12, 597 b cpdrrai, neXeiddes, rpvyoves, 

 ireptorepa'i : ib. v. 1 3, 544 b Trepicrrepd, neXeids, cpdrra, olvds, rpvyoav. 

 Arist. ap. Athen. ix. 393 f irepio-repd, olvds, cpdyjr, cpdo-aa, rpvyoav. Callim. 

 nepl opveoav, ap. Athen. ix. 394 d, Ael. V. H. i. 15 cpdo-aa, irvpaXXls, 

 ivepiarepd, rpvykv : for all which names, see under their proper 

 headings. 



Trepiorepd is usually the generic word : irepiareptov pev elvai ev yevos 

 eUrj de nevre, 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 ra pev aypoiKa a>anep cpdrra . . . ra 8e ovvav6poiiTi£(i olov 

 nepiarepd: ib. v. 1 3, 544 b ri6aaabv be ylverai pdXXov 17 nepiarepd : cf. 

 Soph. fr. 745 (ap. Plut. Mor. 959 e) nepiorepav ecpeariov oliceriv re : Plat. 

 Theaet. 199 b Xafielv cpdaaav dvr\ nepiaTepas, a wild pigeon for a tame 

 one. Cf. eiwOds, rj mroiKidLos irepiarepd, r) yap dypia, neXeids, Moeris 

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

 yap 8r) rwv TrepLarepoav pev at edddes noXXaKis rivds koi £evcis endyovrai. 

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

 irepivrepaL are tame, in country districts very wild, Ael. iii. 15 nepiarepal 

 be ev rals noXeai rols av6pa>Trois ovvayeXd£ovrai, KaL elai npaorarai Ka\ 

 elXovvrai napa rols iroaiv, &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 



