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Categories: Fictional hoteliers, Egalitarianism, Metaphors referring to people, Ironworkers, Labours of Theseus

Procrustes Bed of Procrustes Damastes Damastes Procrustes Damastus

(Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus WordNet 3.0

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In Greek mythology, Procrustes, also known as Prokoptas, Damastes or Polypemon, was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who attacked people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed. Wikipedia

Mythical character Wikidata

A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length. Wiktionary

Legendary highwayman of Attica. Wiktionary (translation)

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mythical being

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Greek mythology

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Sinis

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition