Looking for sentences and phrases with the word Procrustes? Here are some examples.
Examples from Classical Literature
But on this educational bed of Procrustes each soul of our Anglo-Saxon race lays him down to pleasant dreams.
Baxter's Procrustes is one of the publications of the Bodleian Club.
Most important was his slaughter of Procrustes, or the Stretcher.
Like the bed of Procrustes, fashions are compelled to suit every one.
This is Procrustes admiring the exquisite proportions of his victim.
Thus, however weary a man might be, he never liked to lie in the bed of Procrustes.
One species alone is met with in France, the Procrustes coriaceus.
Procrustes owned a bed, which he would offer to weary travelers.
There are no literal references to sheep or shepherds in this text, and one must take care not to go into the hotel furniture business with Procrustes.
Along the way the three friends meet and defeat Procrustes, Charon, Medusa, Echidna, and Ares, who is masquerading as a Santa Monica biker bad guy.
