page_title: Cercopes
hierarchical_section_title: Cercopes
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Métope du thesauros représentant Héraclès et les Cercopes à Paestum (Italie).
context_page_description: In Greek mythology, the Cercopes 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:
  Passalus and Acmon or Aclemon
  Basalas and Achemon
  Olus and Eurybatus
  Candolus and Atlantus
  Sillus and Triballus
  —depending on the context, but usually known as sons of Theia and Oceanus, thus ancient spirits.
context_section_description: In Greek mythology, the Cercopes /sərˈkoʊˌpiːz/ (Greek: Κέρκωπες, plural of Κέρκωψ, from κέρκος (n.) kerkos "tail") 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:
  Passalus /ˈpæsələs/ (Πάσσαλος) and Acmon /ˈækmən/ (Ἄκμων) or Aclemon
  Basalas /ˈbæsələs/ (Βάσαλας) and Achemon /əˈkiːmən/ (Ἄχημων)
  Olus /ˈoʊləs/ (Ὤλος) and Eurybatus /jəˈrɪbətəs/ (Εὐρύβατος)
  Candolus /ˌkænˈdoʊləs/ (Κάνδωλος) and Atlantus /ətˈlæntəs/ (Ἄτλαντος)
  Sillus /ˈsɪləs/ (Σίλλος) and Triballus /trɪˈbæləs/ (Τρίβαλλος)
  —depending on the context, but usually known as sons of Theia and Oceanus, thus ancient spirits.
caption: Heracles and the Cercopes (Metope in Paestum).
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