Fifty ships promised. Forty-nine are moulded out of earth

Motif

Fifty ships promised. Forty-nine are moulded out of earth.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Other deceptions in the payment of debt. · view the constellation · filed as K236.1

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“Aeneas, son of Anchises, and with him Archelochus and Acamas, sons of Antenor, and Theanus, leaders of ‘the Dardanians; of the Thracians, Acamas, son of Eusorus ; of the Cicones, Euphemus, son of Troezenus ; of the Paeonians, Pyraechmes; of the Paphlagonians, Pylaemenes, son of Bilsates; from Zelia, Pandarus, son of Lycaon ; from Adrastia, Adrastus and Amphius, sons of Merops; from Arisbe, Asius, son of Hyrtacus ; from Larissa,…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33Thompson cites: Frazer Apollodorus II 179 n. 3.

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GreekFrazer Apollodorus II 179 n. 3. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33

Within the index

Filed under Literal payment of debt (not real).

Filed beside it

Drinking only after a bargain. A woman having thus sworn keeps buying and selling the same mule many times a day Tribute paid in enchanted snow. After payment, snow takes proper form Literal fulfillment of marriage contract. Man to be released when earth is placed at his head (buried). Dies in grave

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases winds Transformation: man to swine Transformation: woman to bitch Transformation: man to dove Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree Transformation by drinking Disenchantment from tree form by embrace of lover Moly: magic plant Magic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.)Magic drink Magic chair Lotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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