Cercops
Cercops (Ancient Greek: Κέρκωψ) was one of the oldest Orphic poets. He was called a Pythagorean by Clement of Alexandria, which might have meant a Neopythagorean.[1] Cicero, was said by to have been the author of an Orphic epic poem entitled the "Descent to Hades", which seems to have been extant in the Alexandrian period.[2][1] Others attribute this work to , or , or .[3]
Epigenes also assigns to Cercops the Orphic ἱερός λόγος which was ascribed by some to , and was a poem in twenty-four books.[1]
The book The works of Aristotle (1908, p. 80 Fragments) mentioned.[4]
- Aristotle says the poet Orpheus never existed; the Pythagoreans ascribe this Orphic poem to a certain Cercon (which likely means Cercops).
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Clement of Alexandria, Stromata, i.
- ^ Cicero De Natura Deorum i. 38
- ^ Suda, Orpheus.
- ^ Aristotle; Ross, William David (1877); Smith, John Alexander (1863-1939) (1908). The works of Aristotle. p. 80.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Cercops". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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