Φείδων
From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English (LSJ)
ωνος, ὁ, king of Argos, the author of Peloponnesian weights and measures, Hdt. 6.127; — hence Adj. φειδώνειος or φειδώνιος, α, ον, μέτρα Arist. Ath. 10.2, Fr. 480, Thphr. Char. 30.11, Str. 8.3.33 (Poll. l.c. connects signf. 1 with the Adj.); μέδιμνοι Φ. Delph.3(5).3 ii 3 (iv BC). name of an old man in Com., Thrifty, Antiph. 191.21, etc.; — hence Com. patron. Φειδωνίδης [ι], ου, ὁ, Thrifty-son, Ar. Nu. 65.
English (Autenrieth)
Phidon, king of the Thesprotians, Od. 14.316, Od. 19.287.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Φείδων: ωνος ὁ Фидон
1 царь теспротов Hom.;
2 тиранн Аргоса, VIII в. до н. э. Her.
