>>Who is your favorite mythical character, and why?
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>>Mine is probably Procrustes. He ruled a forest and trespassers were punished by being tied to a bed of a certain length. If they were shorter than the length of the bed, they were stretched out until they fit. If they were taller, some of them was chopped off. We still see references to Procrustean bed arguments.
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>>Honorable mention: Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun.
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>I'm actually surprised that no one mentioned Homer's Odysseus yet.... how I hated reading those books in school! :o)

Oddly enough, a new translation sold a lot of copies a few years ago. I don't know if they were all read or just bought ;-)