KOALEMOS
Greek Name
Κοαλεμος
Transliteration
Koalemos
Latin Spelling
Coalemus
Translation
Stupidity, Fool
KOALEMOS (Coalemus) was the personified spirit (daimon) of stupidity and foolishness. His name was derived from the words koeô and êleos meaning "to hear foolishness."
PARENTS
Perhaps a son of NYX, though nowhere stated
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Aristophanes, Birds 220 ff (trans. O'Neill) (Greek comedy C5th to 4th B.C.) :
"Come, take a chaplet, offer a libation to Koalemos (Coalemus) the god of dtupidity and take care to fight vigorously."
Plutarch, Life of Cimon 4. 3 (trans. Perrin) (Greek historian C1st to C2nd A.D.) :
"He [a man] had the bad name of being dissolute and bibulous, and of taking after his grandfather Kimon (Cimon), who, they say, because of his simplicity, was dubbed Koalemos (Coalemus), the Stupid-One."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Aristophanes, Knights - Greek Comedy C5th - 4th B.C.
- Plutarch, Lives - Greek Historian C1st - 2nd A.D.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page.