A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Φιλόστρατος) historical.

1. An Athenian, who seems to have followed the infamous trade of a brothel-keeper. He is satirized by Aristophanes, who calls him κυναλώπηξ, a cross between a dog and a fox. (Arist. Eq. 1064, Lys. 957.)