Achemon and his brother Basalas were two Cercopes for ever
quarrelling. One day they saw Hercules asleep under a tree and insulted
him, but Hercules tied them by their feet to his club and walked off
with them, heads downwards, like a brace of hares. Everyone laughed at
the sight, and it became a proverbial cry among the Greeks, when two
men were seen quarelling—“Look out for Melampygos!” (i.e.
Hercules).
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