μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • PersianCarnoy 336.
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Filed under Overweening ambition punished.

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Attempt to climb to heaven punished
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Overweening ambition punished. Man sets self up as a godPeter acts as God for a day: tires of bargain. A girl takes her goat to pasture and leaves him: "My God care for you!" Peter must run everywhere after the goatMan who has never known unhappiness or want is swallowed up by earth with all his householdDream (prophecy) of future greatness causes banishment (imprisonment)Poor man aspires to high office: made a cook

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