μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Choice between evils.

11 finer motifs beneath it
Angel and hermit. Angel takes hermit with him and does many seemingly unjust things. Later shows why each of these was justGod punishes many men because of one sinner, like a man who kills hive of bees for stinging of oneAngel in form of young man shows skeptical hermit that ways of providence are inscrutableYouth made lame: had kicked his motherLion sent to kill a man: frees him from possibility of sinning and sojourn in purgatoryAngel takes cup from old man. Done lest he love the cup too muchAngel (Jesus) kills man. Done because man is plotting a murderAngel kills man because he loves his child too muchSaint gives liberally to gambler, little to beggar. Gambler is generous, beggar hoardsForestman who longs to do evil is sent to hell: writer, who repents, is sent to heaven. God justifies this to his sageEvil mother has fine funeral, good father poor
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Four choices, all of which are evil; man to make one choice onlyChoice: free poverty or enslaved wealthChoice: plainness with safety or grandeur with dangerChoice: loss of beauty or speech. Latter chosenChoice: suffering in youth or old agePresent evil preferred to change for worseChoice of deathsCaptivity preferred to deathEnemies make peace rather than slay each otherChoice: small injustice permitted rather than to cause troubles of stateRescue alone from shipwreck chosen over drowning with goodsChoice between evils: pay tribute or lose both money and lifeDifficult choice between relativesDeath preferred to other evilsChoice between evils – miscellaneous

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