μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Clever man puts another out of countenance.

2 finer motifs beneath it
One dueller fights with God's help; the other with his brother's. First claims that the odds are unfair; second agrees that he will fight without his brother if the first will fight without GodSimple holy man puts philosopher out of countenance when he says to him that wisdom came before learning
Filed beside it
Putting out of countenance by telling evil storiesJudge put out of countenanceThief exposes owner's unjust claimAbsurd pretence, when allowed, puts pretender out of countenanceCheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afireThirty years old for twelve years. Man claims to be thirty; has been doing so for the last twelve yearsOld man in love with young woman puts his critics out of countenanceRebuke for telling a poor and long-winded storyPoet puts others out of countenance

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