Koalemos

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In Greek mythology, Koalemos is the god of stupidity,[1] mentioned once by Aristophanes,[2] and being found also in Lives by Plutarch.[3] Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name. Sometimes it is referred to as a daimon, more of a spirit and minor deity.

Otherwise, the word κοάλεμος was used in the sense "stupid person". Or “Idiots" [4][5]

An ancient false etymology derives κοάλεμος from κοέω (koeō) "perceive" and ἡλεός (ēleos) "distraught, crazed".[6] Its etymology is not established, however.[7]

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Sources

  • A Greek-English Lexicon compiled by H. G. Liddel and R. Scott. tenth edition with a revised supplement. – Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996. - p. 966, under κοάλεμος

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  2. Aristophanes, Knights, 221
  3. Plutarch, Life of Cimon 4. 3 (trans. Perrin) (Greek historian 1st to 2nd century AD)
  4. Plutarch, Life of Cimon, 4. 3.
  5. Aeschines Socraticus, fragment 16
  6. Scholia on Aristophanes, Knights, 198
  7. Chantraine, Pierre. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. Histoire des mots. Tome II. Paris, Éditions Klincksiek, 1970. - p. 550, sous κοάλεμος (French)