---
name: Cercops the Orphic
name_greek: Κέρκωψ ὁ Ὀρφικός
eul_aid: bay
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/cercops-the-orphic-bay"
period: Archaic
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
affiliation: Pythagorean
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Cercops the Orphic

*Κέρκωψ ὁ Ὀρφικός*

**eul_aid:** `bay` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/cercops-the-orphic-bay)

Cercops the Orphic, a sixth century BCE Pythagorean philosopher. Surviving works attributed to him. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Testimony](https://eulogikon.org/works/cercops-orphic-testimony-bay-aa) — *Μαρτυρία* · `bay-aa`

## License and provenance

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