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Headword:
Ἀγορὰ
Κερκώπων
Adler number: alpha,301
Translated headword: market of Kerkopes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: They[1] were in
Ephesus.
Herakles bound them on the orders of
Omphale, but he shrunk from killing them since their mother begged him. The proverb is spoken in reference to ill-behaved and knavish people.
Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων: οὗτοι ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ἦσαν, οὓς ἔδησεν Ἡρακλῆς, Ὀμφάλης κελευούσης: οὓς ἀποκτεῖναι ᾐδέσθη, τῆς μητρὸς δεηθείσης. ἡ δὲ παροιμία εἴρηται ἐπὶ τῶν κακοήθων καὶ πονηρῶν ἀνθρώπων.
Note:
[1] That is, the
Kerkopes (for whom cf. e.g.
kappa 1410); they were "a race of mischievous dwarfs connected by legend with
Heracles" (LSJ s.v.). For the story see Apollodoros 2.6.3 (web address 1 below). For the phrase "market of
Kerkopes" as meaning "knaves' market" see
Diogenes Laertius 9.114; also
Zenobius 1.5 and other paroemiographers.
OCD(3) 1067 (s.v. Omphale)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; gender and sexuality; geography; mythology; proverbs; women; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 29 October 2000@23:02:14.
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