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Κυνοκέφαλος · dogshead (κ 2714) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near κ2714

κ2710little bitches, bitch-puppies
κ2711Cynicism
κ2712Cynicism
κ2713Kynthos' children, Cynthus' children
κ2714dogshead
κ2715I will dog-whip you on the back
κ2716dog-fly
κ2717dog-eyed
κ2718dog-ticks

Suda/Κ kappa/κ2714

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Κυνοκέφαλος

dogshead

Translated by William Hutton13 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

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1 note · 30 words

Translation

Kleon calls himself this.¹ Meaning terrifying and shameless; the sort of person that Geryoneus was in Hesiod. "Chrysaor gave birth to three-headed Geryoneus."² That is, reckless and unscrupulous and rapacious.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυνοκέφαλος· ὁ Κλέων ἑαυτὸν οὕτω καλεῖ. ἀντὶ τοῦ δεινὸν καὶ ἀναίσχυντον· ὁποῖος ἦν ὁ παρ' Ἡσιόδῳ Γηρυονεύς. Χρυσάωρ ἔτεκε τρικέφαλον Γηρυονῆα. τουτέστιν ἰταμὸς καὶ ἀναιδὴς καὶ ἁρπακτικός.

Betacode

*kunoke/falos: o( *kle/wn e(auto\n ou(/tw kalei=. a)nti\ tou= deino\n kai\ a)nai/sxunton: o(poi=os h)=n o( par' *(hsio/dw| *ghruoneu/s. *xrusa/wr e)/teke trike/falon *ghruonh=a. toute/stin i)tamo\s kai\ a)naidh\s kai\ a(rpaktiko/s.

Notes (1)

[1] In Aristophanes, Knights 416 (web address 1), where the word appears in the dative, rather than the nominative as here. This and the rest of the entry are drawn from the scholia to that passage. For Kleon see kappa 1731.
2Hesiod, Theogony 287 (web address 2). The connection that the scholiast is making between Kleon and Geryon(eus), gamma 254, is vague; perhaps he imagines that anyone with a non-standard disposition of heads is of like character. There may also be some confusion with the three-bodied goddess Hekate (epsilon 363, epsilon 364, epsilon 365), who is sometimes said to have a dog's head; perhaps the scholiast imagines the same is true of Geryon.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

κ2712ΚυνισμόςCynicism κ2713ΚυνθιάδεςKynthos' children, Cynthus' children κ2714Κυνοκέφαλοςdogshead κ2715Κυνοκοπήσω σου τὸ νῶτονI will dog-whip you on the back κ2716Κυνόμυιαdog-fly

Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Mar 2020

8 Mar 2020tweaked link — Catharine Roth
22 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
19 May 2008more x-refs; another keyword; tweak — David Whitehead
14 Mar 2008x-refs; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
13 Mar 2008Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κυνοκέφαλος (Adler number kappa 2714), trans. William Hutton, 13 Mar 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2714

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