Prokrust

Prokrust

(Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus [(Grška mitologija) mitski velikan, ki je bil tat in morilec; zajel je ljudi in jih privezal na železno posteljo, jih raztegnil ali jim odrezal noge, da bi ustrezali postelji; bil je ubit s strani Tezeja.]



Vir: Open Slovene WordNet 1.0 - Institut Jožef Stefan

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