μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Father unwittingly buys daughter who has been sold into slavery.

Chance and fate. · Accidental encounters. · Accidental reunion of families. · view the constellation · filed as N732.1

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“He had a son Lycaon ὃ by Meliboea, daughter of Ocean or, as others say, by a nymph Cyllene; and Lycaon, reigning over the Arcadians, begat by many wives fifty sons, to wit: Melaeneus, Thesprotus, Helix, Nyctimus, Peucetius, Caucon, Mecisteus, Hopleus, Macareus, Macednus, Horus, Polichus, Acontes, Evaemon, Ancyor, Archebates, Carteron, Aegaeon, Pallas, Eumon, Canethus, Pro- thous, Linus, Coretho, Maenalus, Teleboas, Physius, Phassus,…”

The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VIII · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Accidental meeting of father and daughter.

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Deserted daughter's good fortune discovered by accidentParents accidentally meet daughter who has survived their attempts to drown her
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God disguised as menial

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