Cercopes

Heracles and the Cercopes (Metope in Paestum).

In Greek mythology, the Cercopes /sərˈkˌpz/ (Greek: Κέρκωπες, plural of Κέρκωψ, from κέρκος (n.) kerkos "tail")[1] were mischievous forest creatures who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot. They were two brothers, but their names are given variously:

Accounts of their origins vary depending on the context, but they are usually known as sons of Theia and Oceanus, thus ancient spirits.

Mythology

They were proverbial as liars, cheats, and accomplished knaves.[6] They once stole Heracles' weapons, during the time he was the penitent servant of Omphale in Lydia.[7] He seized and bound them at Ephesus[7] and punished them by tying them to a shoulder pole he slung over his shoulder with their faces pointing downwards, the only way they appear on Greek vases. Their mother, Theia, begged Heracles to let her sons go.[8] This particular myth is depicted on a metope at Temple C at Selinus. According to Pherecydes, the Cercopes were turned to stone.[9]

As monkeys

In another myth,[10] designed to explain their name ("tail-men" in Greek), Zeus changed the Cercopes into monkeys. This story inspired modern zoologists to name the genus of monkeys depicted in Minoan frescoes as Cercopithecus.

Monkeys figure in four Minoan frescos at Akrotiri, most famously in the crocus-gathering Xeste 3 fresco, where the monkey's ritual aspect, attending an enthroned female, is interpreted by Nanno Marinatos as servants of the divinity, acting as intermediary between humanity and the divine world.[11][12] Green monkeys appear in Crete itself in the "House of the Frescoes" at Knossos,[13] Monkeys are absent from Greek art. In Minoan art, it is assumed that they were exotic pets: "... the monkeys, which were imported to Crete, were pets that would have been placed where they could be seen and used by their owners, rather than simply abandoned in the countryside," concluded Shaw (1993).[14] When Greek mythographers attempted to account for the name Pithecusae (“Ape Islands”) given to Ischia and Procida by the Bay of Naples, where no monkeys had been seen within human memory, they were reduced to alleging that they must have been deceitful men whom Zeus punished by turning them into apes. When scholars attempted to account for this exotic image they have been forced to search farther afield:

The story of Herakles and the Cercopes has been interpreted as a reminiscence of Phoenician traders bringing apes to Greek markets. See O. Keller, Thiere des classischen Alterthums (Innsbruck, 1887), p. 1. The interpretation may perhaps be supported by an Assyrian bas-relief which represents a Herculean male figure carrying an ape on his head and leading another ape by a leash, the animals being apparently brought as tribute to a king. See O. Keller, op. cit., p. 11, fig. 2.[15]

Cline identified the monkey species in 1991[16] as guenons, or blue monkeys, which have bluish fur over their green skins. Scholars generally assume that the appearance of the blue monkey in Aegean iconography was due to the import of the actual animal from north Africa; they were iconic religious animals in Egypt

See also

Further references to the Cercopes can be found by the following classical authors:

  • Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historia. 4.31.7.
  • Nonnus. Westermann, A. (ed.). Mythographi Graeci. Appendix Narrationum, 39, p. 375.[full citation needed]
  • Tzetzes, Johannes. Chiliades. ii.431, vv. 73 ff.[full citation needed]
  • Zenobius. Cent. v. 10, Ovídio, Metamorphosis. book XIV, vv. 75–100.[full citation needed]

Citations

  1. ^ Compare Cecrops.
  2. ^ Homerica, The Cercopes (from Suidas s.v. Kerkopes)
  3. ^ Tzetz. Chil. v. 75.
  4. ^ Suid. s. v. Eurubatos
  5. ^ Schol. ad Lucian. Alex
  6. ^ Lucian, Alexander the false prophet.
  7. ^ a b Pseudo-Apollonius, Bibliotheke ii.6.3.
  8. ^ Sudias. Whitehead, David (ed.). Suda. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ Frazer, James George (13 February 2016). The Library of Apollodorus. Delphi Classics. Footnote 176. ISBN 9781786563712. See Scholiast on Lucian, Alexander 4, ed. H. Rabe.
  10. ^ Smith, William, Sir, 1813-1893. (2000). A new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology and geography : partly based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Making of America. OCLC 612127868.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Marinatos, N. (1987). Hägg, R.; Marinatos, N. (eds.). The Function of the Minoan Palaces. Stockholm. pp. 124–130.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Vanschoonwinkel, J. "Animal Representations in Theran and Other Aegean Arts". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. gives a summary of the depiction of monkeys in Minoan and Theran art, with bibliographical references.
  13. ^ Cameron, M.A.S. (1968). "Unpublished paintings from the 'House of Frescoes' at Knossos". BSA. 63. pages 1–31 and figure 13. shows a restored image.[full citation needed]
  14. ^ Shaw, Maria C. (October 1993). "The Aegean Garden". American Journal of Archaeology. 97 (4): 661–685, esp. 668–670. doi:10.2307/506717. JSTOR 506717.
  15. ^ Frazer, James George, Sir. Apollodorus, Library and Epitome. ii.6.3, note. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Cline, E.H. (1991). "Monkey business in the Bronze Age Aegean: the Amenhotep II faience figurines at Mycenae and Tiryns". Annual of the British School at Athens. 86: 29–42. doi:10.1017/S0068245400014878. S2CID 163960806.

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