Σκῖρον
From LSJ
ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop
English (LSJ)
or Σκίρον, τό, a suburb of Athens, Ἀθηναῖοι τρεῖς ἀρότους ἱεροὺς ἄγουσι, πρῶτον ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ Plu.2.144a; named after the seer Σκῖρος, Paus.1.36.4, cf. Hsch. s.v. Σκειρόμαντις; ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ ἱεροποιία Str.9.1.9; ἐκύβευον ἐπὶ Σκίρῳ ἐν τῷ τῆς Σκιράδος Ἀθηνᾶς νεῷ Poll.9.96, cf. Eust.1397.25; a district of brothels and the like, Alciphr.3.8,25, St.Byz.; cf. σκίρον.
