Procrustes
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procrustes-206-17650265
title:
Procrustes
text:
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. The word Procrustean is thus used by analogy to describe, for example, situations where an arbitrary standard is used to measure success, while completely disregarding obvious harm that results from the effort.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Character in Greek mythology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrustes
date created:
2002-09-13T03:09:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T22:22:04Z
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image:
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