πολῠ-κέφᾰλος,ον,
A. 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 expressingthe hissing of the serpents round the Gorgon's head,
Plu. 2.1133d .