μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Thieves' nocturnal habits.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Retorts concerning thefts. · view the constellation · filed as J1394

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2 finer motifs beneath it
Night study. A thief having scorned Demosthenes for his constant study, the latter says, "I know that you have not failed to notice that I study much at night." Man who rises too early. The king in order to correct the habit has him robbed. He says that robbers get up even earlier than he
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Thief makes a lame excuse Owner assists thief The double fool. A numskull caught changing meal from others' sacks into his own. Miller asks him what he is doing. "I am a fool." "Why then don't you put your meal into their sacks?" "I am only a simple fool. If I did that I should be a double fool." Was going to give it to him any way. Thus a hunter answers a thief who steals his hare Removing chance for worry. A king noticing that a student has stolen a capon, asks, "Does not the Bible say that you should not worry about tomorrow?" "Exactly. I was trying to remove all chance of worry tomorrow." The cost price recovered. A man takes a shirt to market for a friend who has stolen it. At market it is stolen from the seller. He tells his friend that the market was bad and that he was able to get back only the cost price (nothing) Compliments from the hangman. A man complimented a hangman on the good job he had done in hanging a thief. The hangman takes off his hat: "One thief I hang, to the other I take off my hat." Retorts concerning thefts – miscellaneous

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