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The Attic poets called him squill-head, and the comic poet Cratinus, in his play Chirones, says; "From Chronos old and faction Is sprung a tyrant dread, And all Olympus calls him The man-compelling head." And again in the play of Nemesis: "Come, hospitable Zeus, with lofty head." Teleclides, too, speaks of him as sitting
The poets of Athens called him Schinocephalos, or squill-head, from schinos, a squill, or sea- onion. One of the comic poets, Cratinus, in the Chirons, tells us that Old Chronos once took queen Sedition to wife; Which two brought to life That tyrant far-famed, Whom the gods the supreme skull-compeller have named. And, in the Nemesis, addresses him Come, Jove, thou head of gods.
The Attic poets called him squill-head, and the comic poet, Kratinus, in his play 'Cheirones, says, "From Kronos old and faction, Is sprung a tyrant dread, And all Olympus calls him, The man-compelling head." And again in the play of 'Nemesis' "Come, hospitable Zeus, with lofty head." Telekleides, too, speaks of him as sitting
Pericles in other respects was perfectly formed physically, only his head was somewhat longish and out of proportion. For which reason almost all the images and statues that were made of him have the head covered with a helmet, the workmen not apparently being willing to expose him. The poets of Athens called him "Schinocephalos," or squill-head, from "schinos," a squill, or sea-onion.
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