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πολυκέφαλος

πολυκέφαλος, many-headed

πολῠ-κέφᾰλος, ον,
  • many-headed, θηρίον Pl. R. 588c; σοφιστής Id. Sph. 240c, cf. Arist. GA 769b27; of plants, interpol. in Dsc. 2.152; π. στρέβλα (with allusion to Pl. R. l.c.) LXX 4 Ma. 7.14; νόμος π., a celebrated air on the flute, so called from its expressing the hissing of the serpents round the Gorgonʼs head, Plu. Mus. 2.1133d.

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