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DAIMONES KERAMIKOI

Greek Name

Δαιμονες Κεραμικοι

Transliteration

Daimones Keramikoi

Latin Spelling

Daemones Ceramici

Translation

Pottery Demons

THE DAIMONES KERAMIKOI (Daemones Ceramici) were five malevolent spirits which plagued the craftsman potter--Suntribos (the Shatterer), Smaragos (the Smasher), Asbetos (Charrer), Sabaktes (Destroyer) and Omodamos (Crudebake).


PARENTS

Nowhere stated


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Homer's Epigrams Fragment 14 (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) :
"Potters, if you give me a reward, I will sing for you. Come, then, Athena [goddess of pottery], with hand upraised over the kiln. Let the pots and all the dishes turn out well and be well fired: let them fetch good prices and be sold in plenty in the market. Grant that the potters may get great gain and grant me so to sing to them. But if you turn shameless and make false promises, then I call together the destroyers of kilns, Suntribos (Shatter) and Smaragon (Smash) and Asbetos (Charr) and Sabaktes (Crash) and Omodamos (Crudebake) who can work this craft much mischief. Come all of you and sack the kiln-yard and the buildings : let the whole kiln be shaken up to the potter's loud lament. As a horse's jaw grinds, so let the kiln grind to powder all the pots inside."


NAMES OF THE DAEMONES CERAMICI

Greek Name

Συντριβος

Σμαραγος

Ασβετος

Ωμοδαμος

Σαβακτης

Transliteration

Syntribos

Smaragos

Asbetos

Ômodamos

Sabaktês

Latin Spelling

Suntribus

Smaragus

Asbetus

Omodamus

Sabactes

Translation

Shatter, Crush (syntribô)

Smash, Crash (smarageô)

Char, Scorch (asbetos)

Crudebake (ômos)

Shatter, Destroy (sabaktês)


SOURCES

GREEK

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