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Ἄϊδος κυνῆ · Hades' dog-skin [helmet] (α 675) · Suda

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Near α675

α671destructive fire
α672Aides
α673everlasting
α674unseen, obscure
α675Hades' dog-skin [helmet]
α676Hades' dog-skin [helmet]
α677ignorance
α678ignorant
α679ignorant

Suda/Α alpha/α675

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Ἄϊδος κυνῆ

Hades' dog-skin [helmet]

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

aetiology
clothing
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- zoology

2 notes · 29 words

Translation

A proverb¹ [directed] toward those concealing themselves with certain devices. For such was the dog-skin [helmet] of Hades, which Perseus used when he cut the throat of the Gorgon.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄϊδος κυνῆ· παροιμία πρὸς τοὺς ἐπικρύπτοντας ἑαυτοὺς διά τινων μηχανημάτων. τοιαύτη γὰρ ἡ τοῦ ᾍδου κυνῆ, ᾗ Περσεὺς χρησάμενος τὴν Γοργόνα ἐδειροτόμησεν.

Betacode

*)/ai+dos kunh=: paroimi/a pro\s tou\s e)pikru/ptontas e(autou\s dia/ tinwn mhxanhma/twn. toiau/th ga\r h( tou= *(/a|dou kunh=, h(=| *perseu\s xrhsa/menos th\n *gorgo/na e)deiroto/mhsen.

Notes (2)

See also alpha 676. A "helmet" of the kind in question allegedly owed its name to being made of dogskin.
1Zenobius 1.41. ↩
2cf. generally gamma 390.

Linked from2 entries

α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes [writes]: "take for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The proverb was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long.…
αι83Αἰδοσύνηmodesty[Said] in reference to those who keep hidden and [remain] unseen and wish to escape notice.

Neighbouring entries

α673Ἀΐδιοςeverlasting α674Ἀϊδνήςunseen, obscure α675Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]α677Ἀϊδρείηignorance

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Jan 2012

13 Jan 2012another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
17 Mar 2008tweak to notes — Jennifer Benedict
17 Mar 2008augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Mar 2001modified headword and translation; added note and keywords — David Whitehead
16 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄϊδος κυνῆ (Adler number alpha 675), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 16 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/675

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Jennifer Benedict, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗