μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Senseless debate of the mutually useful.

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The belly and the members. Debate as to their usefulness. All mutually usefulCommon wives of man debate as to which has helped him most. Help of each was indispensableTobacco, pipe, and match debate usefulness to smokerDeer, opossum, and snake each render indispensable aid to man. Foolishly debate their usefulnessRice, wheat, and dal dispute as to which is the bestDispute of hammer and anvilElephant and ape debate about superiority. Owl gives them task neither can perform and ends futile debate

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