Escape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoes.
Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Death escaped through disguise, shamming, or substitution. · view the constellation · filed as K534.1
“See The Fragments of Sophocles, ὑποδήματα τοῖς ποσὶ περιέθηκε, καὶ κομίσας εἰς Πύλον τὰς μὲν λοιπὰς εἰς σπήλαιον ἀπέκρυψε, δύο δὲ καταθύσας τὰς μὲν βύρσας πέτραις καθή- λωσε, τῶν δὲ κρεῶν τὰ μὲν κατηνάλωσεν ἑψήσας τὰ δὲ κατέκαυσε' καὶ ταχέως εἰς Κυλλήνην ὥχετο. καὶ εὑρίσκει πρὸ τοῦ ἄντρου νεμομένην χελώνην. ταύτην ἐκκαθάρας, εἰς τὸ κύτος χορδὰς ἐντείνας ἐξ ὧν ἔθυσε βοῶν καὶ ἐργασάμενος λύραν εὗρε καὶ πλῆκτρον. ᾿Απόλλων δὲ τὰς Boas…”
— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. X · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan
- GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XThompson cites: *Frazer Apollodorus II 8 n. 1