Sciron

Sciron in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Sciron (Ancient Greek: Σκίρων; gen.: Σκίρωνoς) was a robber killed by Theseus. He forced travelers to wash his feet. While they knelt before him, he kicked them off a cliff behind them, where they were eaten by a sea monster (or a giant turtle). Theseus pushed him off the cliff. The Megarians, however, claimed that Sciron w...

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Sciron in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Σκίρων or Σκείρων). 1. A famous robber who haunted the frontier between Attica and Megaris, and not only robbed the travellers who passed through the country, but compelled them, on the Scironian rock to wash his feet, during which operation he kicked them with his foot into the sea. At the foot of the rock there was a tortoise, which devoure...

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