As monkeys In another myth, designed to explain their name ("tail-men" in Greek), Zeus changed the Cercopes into monkeys. This story inspired modern zoologists to name the genus of monkeys depicted in Minoan frescoes as Cercopithecus.
As monkeys In another myth designed to explain their name ("tail-men" in Greek), Zeus changed the Cercopes into monkeys. This ,story inspired modern zoologists to name the genus of monkeys depicted in Minoan frescoes as Cercopithecus.