Koalemos

In Greek mythology, Koalemos is the god of stupidity, mentioned once by AristophanesAristophanes, Knights, 221. The word κοάλεμος was otherwise used in the sense "stupid person"Plutarch, Life of Cimon, 4. 3.Aeschines Socraticus, fragment 16.
An ancient false etymology derives κοάλεμος from κοέω (koeō) "perceive" and ηλεός (ēleos)"distraught, crazed"Scholia on Aristophanes, Knights, 198. Its actual etymology is not established.Chantraine, Pierre. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. Histoire des mots. Tome II. Paris, Éditions Klincksiek, 1970. - p. 550, sous κοάλεμος (French)
==References==
==Sources==
* A Greek-English Lexicon compiled by H. G. Liddel and R. Scott. 10th edition with a revised supplement. – Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996. - p. 966, under κοάλεμος
==External links==
*Theoi Project - Coalemus
Category:Greek Mythology
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