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| | Theseus - Plutarch's Lives - translated by John Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough, Book, etext |
 | | And this he did without having either practiced or ever learnt the art of bending these trees, to show that natural strength is above all art. |
 | | But Theseus calling upon her, and giving her his promise that he would use her with respect, and offer her no injury, she came forth, and in due time bore him a son, named Melanippus; but afterwards was married to Deioneus, the son of Eurytus, the chalian, Theseus himself giving her to him. |
 | | Ioxus, the son of this Melanippus who was born to Theseus, accompanied Ornytus in the colony that he carried with him into Caria, whence it is a family usage amongst the people called Ioxids, both male and female, never to burn either shrubs or asparagus-thorn, but to respect and honor them. |
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