Cercops

Cercops (Ancient Greek: Κέρκωψ) was one of the oldest Orphic poets. He was called a Pythagorean by Clement of Alexandria^[1] who also states that Epigenes of Alexandria said that he was the author of an Orphic epic poem entitled the "Descent to Hades" and ἱερός λόγος (English "Holy Discourse"), which seem to have been extant in the Alexandrian period. Others attribute the latter work to Prodicus of Samos,^{[citation needed]} or Herodicus of Perinthus,^{[citation needed]} or Orpheus of Camarina.^[2] According to Cicero,^[3] the Pythagoreans ascribe the Orphic poem to a certain Cercops.