Motif
villain punished by own method
villain_punished_by_own_method
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Mirrored Retribution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek roman
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS.; lines 8404-8503 confidence: medium
Near Megara, Scyron forces strangers to wash his feet and kicks them over a rock into the sea; Theseus overcomes him and flings his body over the cliff.
Scyron is flung over the cliff where his victims died, and Procrustes is served as he had served his victims.
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