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|Definition=Aeol. κυνία <span class="bibl">Alc.15.2</span>, Att. contr. κυνῆ <span class="title">IG</span>12.279.62, etc.: ἡ:—prop. (sc. [[δορά]]) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[dog's skin]] (so only <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.65</span>), used for making soldiers' caps: hence in Ep., generally, [[helmet]], <b class="b3">κ. ταυρείη, κτιδέη</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.10.257</span>, <span class="bibl">335</span>; <b class="b3">κ. χαλκήρης, χαλκοπάρῃος</b>, <span class="bibl">3.316</span>, <span class="bibl">12.183</span>; κ. χρυσείη <span class="bibl">5.743</span>; once of a peasant's [[cap]], αἰγείη κ. <span class="bibl">Od.24.231</span>; later <b class="b3">περὶ τῇσι κεφαλῇσι [εἶχον] ἐκ διφθερέων πεποιημένας κυνέας</b> leathern [[caps]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.77</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>268</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>445</span>; of the πέτασος, ἡλιοστερὴς κυνῆ Θεσσαλίς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>314</span>; <b class="b3">Ἀρκὰς κ</b>., = [[Ἀρκαδικὸς πῖλος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>272</span>, cf. Paus.Gr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>72; but usu. [[helmet]], <b class="b3">λάμπραι κ</b>. Alc.l.c.; κ. ἐπίχρυσος <span class="title">IG</span>12.l.c.; τὴν κ. ἐοῦσαν χαλκέην <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.151</span>; κ. Κορινθίη <span class="bibl">Id.4.180</span>; Βοιωτία <span class="bibl">D.59.94</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">Ἄϊδος κ</b>. mythical [[helmet]] which rendered the wearer invisible, worn by Athena, <span class="bibl">Il.5.845</span>; by Perseus, <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.11</span> J., cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>227</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>390</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>612b</span>; Πλούτων κ. ἔχει τοῦ ἀφανοῦς πόλου σύμβολον Porph. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>3.11</span>.</span>