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ProkrustesProcrustes

The legendary villain who would entice travelers with his hospitality and then bind them to his bed where he would then amputate or stretch them to fit the bed; he was finally beheaded by Theseus and forced to lie in his own bed.

Apollodorus refers to him as either Damastes or Polypemon.

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