Cerambus

[1] He dwelt in the land of the Melians on the spurs of Mount Othrys and owned a large herd of cattle.

He was credited with inventing the shepherd's pipes, as well as with introducing lyre-playing and composing a number of delightful rural songs.

The honors, however, made Cerambus arrogant to the point of insanity: when Pan advised him to drive his cattle down to the plain, due to an extremely severe winter being expected, Cerambus wouldn't listen to him as though smitten by some god.

Moreover, he went so far in his insolence that he told insulting and mindless tales of the nymphs, claiming that they were descended not from Zeus, but from Spercheios and the naiad Deino, and that when Poseidon fell for one of the nymphs, Diopatra, he changed her sisters into poplar trees, but restored their original shape after satisfying his desires.

It is black, long, and has hard wings like a great dung beetle and is called the ox that eats wood.