A kind of beast; as [used by]
Demosthenes in the [speech]
On The Crown. "But this little man is by his nature a monster."[1] They claim that any beast can be called a
kinados; but particularly the fox.[2] "Evil-doing like a fox."[3]
And they say that the Sicilians in particular call the fox
kinadion.[4]
*ki/nados: ei)=do/s ti qhri/ou: w(s kai\ *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| peri\ tou= stefa/nou. tou=to de\ kai\ fu/sei ki/nado/s e)sti ta)nqrw/pion. pa=n me\n qhri/on ki/nados a)ciou=si kalei=sqai: i)di/ws de\ th\n a)lw/peka. kakou=rgos w(s a)lw/phc. i)di/ws de/ fasi *sikeliw/tas th\n a)lw/peka kina/dion kalei=n.
Glossarium Italioticum 220 Kassel-Austin has this and related material.
[1]
Demosthenes 18.242, referring to Philip II (web address 1).
[2] Hence the gloss in
kappa 1628.
[3] "A kind of beast... like a fox" is taken from the
scholia vetera to
Aristophanes,
Clouds 448-9 (web address 2). The last phrase is cited as a saying: "particularly the fox. For [one is] "evil-doing", as they say, "like a fox". The saying is cited to explain the negative associations of
ki/nados within cunning. It may originate in
Aristotle,
History of Animals 488b: "and some animals are cunning and evil-doing, like the fox, while others are high-spirited, friendly, and fawning, like the dog." But as a stereotype, it is fairly obvious, and it also occurs in Harpocration: see below.
[4] "They claim that... call the fox
kinadion" is from Harpocration s.v., which like the present entry is initially generated by
Demosthenes 18; note, however, that
Photius corrupts Harpok.'s
u(pe\r *kthsifw=ntos into
kata\ *kthsifw=ntos, thereby creating a non-existent speech and a false connection with
Aeschines 3.167 (web address 3). The scholiast to
Aristophanes has the correct reference.
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