ΙΧΘΥϹ

THE CHRIST FISH

Winner of the 1957 Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show
5' x 16"

Detail of Head

ΙΧΘΥϹ

Detail of Tail

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Ichthys (sometimes spelled Ichthus, or Ikhthus, from Koine Greek: ἰχθύς, capitalized ΙΧΘΥΣ or ΙΧΘΥϹ) is the ancient and classical Greek word for "fish." In English it refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish, used by Early Christians as a secret symbol^[1] and now known colloquially as the "sign of the fish" or the "Jesus fish."^[2]