α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων
market of Kerkopes
They were in Ephesus. Herakles bound them on the orders of Omphale, but he shrank from killing them since their mother begged him. The proverb is spoken in reference to ill-behaved and knavish people.
Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπων· οὗτοι ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ἦσαν, οὓς ἔδησεν Ἡρακλῆς, Ὀμφάλης κελευούσης· οὓς ἀποκτεῖναι ᾐδέσθη, τῆς μητρὸς δεηθείσης. ἡ δὲ παροιμία εἴρηται ἐπὶ τῶν κακοήθων καὶ πονηρῶν…