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Sciron
A brigand who forced travelers to wash his feet, then kicked them off a cliff; killed by Theseus.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §2 Sciron
A cliff-side robber killed by Theseus; one of the hero's celebrated deeds.
- Ibis §12 Sciron
The robber who kicked travelers off the Megarian cliffs, killed by Theseus.
- Metamorphoses §7.173 Sciron
A robber of the Megarian cliffs who flung travelers into the sea; killed by Theseus, his bones said to have hardened into the Scironian rocks.