μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Escape by deceiving the guard.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Escape by pretended bathing of guard. Boiling water usedGuardian enticed away
Filed beside it
Escape by blinding the guard. Pepper or tobacco thrown into his eyesCaptive plays further and further from watchman and escapesWatchman outwitted by having rope stretched across the road while fugitives escapeAbductors tricked into running race while captive escapesEscape by giving narcotic to guardsEscape by bribing the guard

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