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Erysichthon

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Erysichthon
condemned by Demeter to perpetual insatiety. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 93]
See : Hunger
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Erysichthon heedlessly cuts down a tree sacred to the goddess Ceres who sends an emissary to Scythia to seek out Famine to punish him.
Ovid, Metamorphoses by Dennis, Rodney G. / Harvard Review
Only, in the present instance, like the wilful and shrinking Erysichthon of Greek myth, Germany is acting out upon herself, and that can really be quite painful.
Has Germany finally conquered herself? by Olshausen, Michael / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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