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in Greek legend, a robber dwelling somewhere in Attica-in some versions, in the neighbourhood of Eleusis. His father was said to be Poseidon. Procrustes had an iron bed (or, according to some accounts, two beds) on which he compelled his victims to lie.
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In Greek mythology, a robber of Attica who tied his victims to a bed and adjusted them to its length by amputating their legs or racking (stretching) their bodies. He was killed by the hero Theseus. ... Thus, however weary a man might be, he never liked to lie in the bed of Procrustes.
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That is exactly the situation that Larry Niven’s famous protagonist, Beowulf Shaeffer, finds himself in “Procrustes.” And, like the victims of the mythological Greek highwayman (Procrustes made his victims lay on a long bed and then he stretched them to fit it;
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...contains a story about an innkeeper named Procrustes, who took in travelers. ... PROCRUSTES prokrus tez, in Greek mythology, cruel highwayman. He forced passersby to lie on a very long bed and then stretched them to fit it. Some said that he also had a very short bed; to make passersby fit this he sawed off their legs.
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~ John C. Gower (Author), Garmt B Dijksterhuis (Author) "There are three elements in the Procrustes story, the unfortunate traveller, who we might label ... The name derived from the Greek myth where Procrustes invited passers-by in for a pleasant meal and a night's rest on a magical bed that would exactly fit any guest.
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream contains the story of Pyramus and Thisbe as a comic play-within-a-play. Modern writers who have drawn upon Greek mythology include James Joyce (Ulysses) and Mary Renault (The Bull from the Sea).
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Birds with women's bodies which lived at sea and would trick sailors jump in the sea with their wonderful, intoxicating song. Their father was the sea god Phorcys and mother the Muse Calliope. ... So, he heard the song but made it past the sirens. The Argonauts also met the Sirens but were ... Home; History & Mythology...
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Three goddesses of vengeance: Tisiphone (avenger of murder), Megaera (the jealous) and Alecto (constant anger). They were also called the Daughters of the Night, but were actally the daughters of Uranus and Gaea. ... Home; History & Mythology...
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