Pherecydes, the Cercopes were turned to stone. In another myth, designed to explain their name ("tail-men" in Greek), Zeus changed the Cercopes into monkeys...
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nymphs, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and the mother of the Cercopes. She is not to be confused with Theia, sister to Oceanus and Tethys and...
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"Cercopes" was a slapstick, epic poem attributed to Homer, written circa the 7th or 8th century BC. The contents of this poem have been lost. The surviving...
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(Πιθηκοῦσαι, ‘islands of monkeys’). A Greek myth tells of two brigands, the Cercopes of Ephesus, who played pranks on Zeus, who then punished them by turning...
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"liquid daughters cut off from Oceanos". He was said to have fathered the Cercopes on one of his daughters, Theia. Passages in a section of the Iliad called...
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(Greek) – Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld Cercopes (Greek) – Mischievous forest spirit Cericopithicus (Medieval Bestiary)...
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named Eurybatus Eurybatus, one of the Argonauts Eurybatus, one of the Cercopes Eurybatus, one of the commanders in the Battle of Sybota Eurybatus or Eurybarus...
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Le Fay Pictish Beast Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Southern Basajaun Centaur Cercopes Circe Dionysus Doñas de fuera Duende Farfadet Faun Hecate Hippocampus Kallikantzaros...
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Le Fay Pictish Beast Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Southern Basajaun Centaur Cercopes Circe Dionysus Doñas de fuera Duende Farfadet Faun Hecate Hippocampus Kallikantzaros...
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Le Fay Pictish Beast Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Southern Basajaun Centaur Cercopes Circe Dionysus Doñas de fuera Duende Farfadet Faun Hecate Hippocampus Kallikantzaros...
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