Κέρκωψ

Κέρκωψ, ωπος, ὁ, (κέρκος)

• man-monkey, name of a race of mischievous dwarfs connected by legend with Heracles, Diotim. ap. Suid. s.v. Εὐρύβατος; ἕδραι Κερκώπων, near Thermopylae, Hdt. 7.216; subject of poem ascribed to Hom., Harp., Suid.
• • • 2 metaph., knave, Aeschin. 2.40, LXX Pr. 26.22, Gal. 14.648; γόης τις ἢ Κ. λόγων Com.Adesp. 1307; οἱ Κέρκωπες or Κερκώπων ἀγορά, at Athens, Knaves-market, D.L. 9.114, Eust. 1430.35.
  • II long-tailed ape, Manil. 4.668.