ITPOYGOKAMHAOI— ZTPOY0OI j6l 



ITPOY0OZ {continued). 



cf. Alexid. 3. 449, and Meineke's note ; orpouOio-icos, Theod. 

 Prodr. Cf. <nropyi\os, o-n^pyouXos, Goth, spar-va, O. H. G. spar-o, 

 Eng. sprug, sparrow, Sec. 



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

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

 q. v. Mod. Gk. cnrovpyiTrjs (Erhard) ; on Parnassus TpvnocppdKTrjs 

 (Heldreich) ; and in Cyprus arpovdos (Sakellarios). 



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



small birds (cf. Phavorinus, &C, (TTpovdia 8' ouoWpto? ndvTa tcl piKpa 



t(dv opvidcov} ; sometimes of larger birds, e. g. a-rpovObs Karoims, 



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



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



Early and Poetic Beferences. — 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 Tiav 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. 1. 9 koXol §e a ayov \ axees 

 <TTpov$o\ nepl yas peXaivas | ttvkvo. divevvre? itrip am wpdvoa aWep\os t)ia 

 peaorco. 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 cpdapara arpovScov, 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 opvts aKooXr]Kocpdyos. lb. ii. 

 15? 5°5 h irpos to7s evrepoLS rfjv x6Xr)v e\fi. Ibid. IJ, 5°9 0VK *X €L °^ T6 T °v 

 (TTopaxov ovt€ top npoXofiov evpvv, dXXa Tqv KoiXiav paKpdv. dirocpvddas 

 fX«* dWa fxiKpa ndp-rrav. lb. ix. 49 B, 633 b Kal Koviovrai Ka\ Xovvrai. Ibid. 

 7 5 613 Xey overt 8e TiV€S koi touv crrpov6la>v iviavTov povov £rjv tovs appevas, 

 Troiovpevoi crrjpelou on tov eapos ov cpawovrai e^oi/res evOiis to, nep\ top 

 7ra>ycova peXapa, vcrrepov §' tcr^ovcrti/, cos ovdevbs o~a>£opevov tcop irporepav' 

 ras 8e OrfXeias paKpo(3iG>repas dual tcop aTpovdicop' ravras yap aXicKeaOai iv 

 rols piois, Kal diadqXas elvai tc3 ex (iv Ta n" f P* Ta X € ^ T J crKXrjpd. Arist. fr. 



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

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



Alex. Mynd. ap. Athen. ix. 391 b 8vo ykvr] ejvai tcop crTpovdcop, to piv 

 rjpepop, to §' aypLov' ras t)e OiyXeias avrcop dcrdeveaTepas to. t aXXa elvai, Kal 

 to pvy^os KepaToeides pdXXov Trjv ^poav, to de Trpocreoirop ovre Xiav XevKov 

 exovcras ovtc peXav. 



