Koalemos

For the ancient Olympic chariot-racer, see Cimon Coalemos.

It's commonly believed that, in Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: κοάλεμος, Classical Latin: Coalemus) is the deity or daemon of stupidity, found in a play by Aristophanes and a book by Plutarch.

An ancient, unsupported false etymology derives κοάλεμος from κοέω (koeō) meaning "to perceive" and ἡλεός (ēleos) meaning "distraught, crazed".

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