μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Pretended virtue.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Pretended virtue. · view the constellation · filed as K2050

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Adulteress feigns unusual sensitiveness The oversensitive bride Pretended honesty to mulct victim. Trickster claims to have found a bag of gold. Confederate claims and receives it upon correct identification. Spectator is thus deceived into trusting the trickster with a large sum of money Fox confesses sins but is immediately ready to steal again Hypocritical stepmother weeps as she tells departing husband she will take good care of stepchildren though they beat her (she beats them instead) Hypocrite refuses gifts orally but stretches out his hands Pretended piety

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