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 vixen.[2] "Evil-doing like a fox."[3]
And they say that the Sicilians in particular call the vixen
kinadion.[4]
[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
κίναδος 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 vixen
kinadion" is from Harpocration s.v., which like the present entry is initially generated by
Demosthenes 18; note, however, that
Photius corrupts Harpok.'s
ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος into
κατὰ Κτησιφῶντος , 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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