an was the
father of Periphetes, a robber who infested Epidaurus, in the
Peloponnesus. He was so formidable with his club, that he was
called Corynetas, from +korune+, the Greek for 'a club.']

[Footnote 81: _Cephisus._--Ver. 438. Procrustes was a robber of
such extreme cruelty that he used to stretch out, or lop off, the
extremities of his captives, according as they were shorter or
longer than his bedstead. He infested the neighborhood of Eleusis,
in Attica, which was watered by the Cephisus. He was put to death
by Theseus.]

[Footnote 82: _Cercyon._--Ver. 439. It was his custom to challenge
travellers to wrestle, and to kill them, if they declined the
contest, or were beaten in it. Theseus accepted his challenge; and
having overcome him, put him to death. Eleusis was especially
dedicated to Ceres; there the famous Eleusinian mysteries of that
Goddess were held.]

[Footnote 83: _Sinnis._--Ver. 440. He was a robber of Attica, to
whom reference is made in the Ibis, line 409.]

[Footnote 84: _Alcathoe._--Ver. 443. Megara, or Alcathoe, which
was founded by Lelex, was almost destroyed by Minos, and was
rebuilt by Alcathoues, the son of Pelops. He, flying from his
father, on being accused of the murder of his brother Chrysippus,
retired to the city of Megara, where, having slain a lion which
was then laying waste that territory, he was held in the highest
veneration by the inhabitants.]

[Footnote 85: _Scyron._--Ver. 443. This robber haunted the rocks
in the neighborhood of Megara, and used to insist on those who
became his guests washing his feet. This being done upon the
rocks, Scyron used to kick the strangers into the sea while so
occupied, where a tortoise lay ready to devour the bodies. Theseus
killed him, and threw his body down the same rocks, which derived
their name of Saronic, or Scyronic, from this robber.]

[Footnote 86: _Anaphe._--Ver. 461. This, and the other islands
here named, were near the isle of Crete, and perhaps in those
times were subject to the sway of Minos.]

[Footnote 87: _Cimolus._--Ver. 463. Pliny the Elder tells us, that
this island was famous for producing a clay which seems to have
had much the properties of soap. It was of a grayish white color,
and was also employed for medicinal purposes.]

[Footnote 88: _Seriphos._--Ver. 464.