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CERCOPS (monkey-like satyr)

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Cercops, monkey-like satyr, full-length portrait
In the sources
10 ancient passages

Named Passalus and Acmon, they lived upon the earth where their seats lay near the rock called Blackbuttock.1,2

These two committed robberies and acts of knavery in the land, and their mother advised them to avoid Heracles, who was also called Black-bottom.3,1 Heracles bound the Cercopes and delivered some in chains to Omphale while serving her, putting some of them to death.4,3 They were turned into stone for attempting to deceive Zeus, and their name was derived from their clever and deceitful behavior.1

The codex facts behind this entry

In the myths

The Cercopes committed robberies and various acts of knavery and cunning in the land. Diodorus 4.31 +1 Heracles bound the Cercopes and delivered some in chains to Omphale while serving her. Apollodorus 2.6.3 +1

Sources

  1. The Cercopes fr. 1
  2. Herodotus 7.216.1
  3. Diodorus 4.31
  4. Apollodorus 2.6.3
Written from the Mythos Codex, and every sentence checked against the facts it cites. From the Mythos Codex: 12 facts, each checked against the ancient passage it comes from, here drawn from Diodorus of Sicily, The Cercopes, Apollodorus. Updated 1 November 2026.

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