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Procrustes In Greek
mythology Procrustes (Προκρούστης)
or "the stretcher [who hammers out the metal]", also known as Prokoptas or Damastes
(Δαμαστής)
"subduer", was a rogue smith and bandit
from Attica who physically attacked people by
stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the
size of an iron bed. In general, when something is Procrustean, different
lengths or sizes or properties are fitted to an arbitrary standard. Sciron In Greek
mythology, Sciron or Sceiron
(Greek:
Σκίρων; gen.: Σκίρωνoς) was a bandit
killed by Theseus
on the way from Troezen to Athens. An Isthmian
outlaw, he was the son of either Pelops or Poseidon.[1] He
dwelled at the Sceironian Rocks, a cliff on the Saronic coast of the Isthmus of Corinth;[1] He
robbed travelers passing the Sceironian Rocks and
forced them to wash his feet. When they knelt before him, he kicked them over
the cliff into the sea, where they were eaten by a monstrous sea turtle.[1]
Theseus killed him in the same way, by pushing him off the cliff. Sinis In Greek mythology, Sinis
(Σίνις) was a bandit
killed by Theseus
on the road to Athens. An Isthmian outlaw, Sinis
was the son of Polypemon and Sylea.[1]
Sinis would force travelers to help him bend pine trees to the
ground and then unexpectedly let go, catapulting the victims through the air.
Alternative sources say that he tied people to two pine trees that he bent
down to the ground, then let the trees go, tearing his victims apart. This
led to him being called Pityocamptes (Πιτυοκάμπτης
= "pine-bender").[2] Sinis was the second bandit to be killed by
Theseus as the hero was traveling from Troezen
to Athens, in the very same way that he had previously killed his own
victims. Theseus then slept with Sinis's daughter, Perigune, who later bore Theseus's son, Melanippus. Perigune later
married Deioneus of Oechalia.[3] Cercyon A very strong man found on the roads around Eleusis and challenged
passers-by to a wrestling match. The loser (always the passer-by) was
murdered, though Cercyon promised his kingdom to
anyone who won. He was eventually beaten and killed by Theseus,[5] who
took over the kingdom of Eleusis. Theseus won owing to his skill, rather than
superiority in brute physical strength. With this, Theseus started the sport
of wrestling.[6] Cercyon's daughter, Alope,
had an affair with (or was raped by) Poseidon, and she beget Hippothoon (or Hippothous).
Cercyon had his daughter buried alive, but Poseidon
turned her into the spring, Alope, near Eleusis. |