μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Icelandic*Boberg.
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Filed under Wit combat. Test in repartee.

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Princess offered to man who can defeat her in reparteeTest: making senseless remarks. King brought to say, "What is the sense in that?"Contest in wishingWit combat among three sisters for additional dowry. Replies to husbands when their premarital pregnancy is noticedLiterary contest won by deception: he who will be first silenced is the loser. When the false teacher answers in nonsense syllables, the true scholar is speechless and so loses contest

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