κυνέη: Difference between revisions

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