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πέλεια , , (cf. πελλός)
A.dove or pigeon, esp. wild rock-pigeon, Columba livia, Od.15.527, etc. ; φύγεν ὥς τε π. Il. 21.493 ; τρήρων (q. v.) “πέλεια23.853, Od.12.62, etc. ; πτηνὴ π. S.Aj.140, cf. E. Ion 1197 ; ὑπόπτεροι π. S. Ph.289 ; cf. sq. 1.
II. πέλειαι, αἱ, prophetic priestesses at Dodona, Paus.7.21.2, 10.12.10 ; cf. sq. 11 and πελείους.
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    • Euripides, Ion, 1197
    • Homer, Iliad, 21.493
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.62
    • Homer, Odyssey, 15.527
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10.12.10
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.21.2
    • Sophocles, Ajax, 140
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 289
    • Homer, Iliad, 23.853
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1
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