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  Hyprieus
In Greek mythology, Hyprieus was King of Boeotia.
He was aware but did not know who the thief was; he laid a snare.
Agamedes was trapped in it; Trophonius cut off his head so that Hyprieus would not know who the body in the snare was.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/h/hy/hyprieus.html   (115 words)

  
 Agamedes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The saying "those whom the gods love die young" comes from this story.
Alternatively, they built a treasure chamber (with secret entrance only they knew about) for King Hyprieus of Boeotia.
This page was last modified 07:25, 9 July 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agamedes   (160 words)

  
 Hyprieus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Hyprieus hired Trophonius and Agamedes to build a treasure chamber for him but they also built asecret entrance to it.
He was aware but did not know who the thief was;he laid a snare.
Agamedes was trapped in it; Trophonius cut off his head so that Hyprieus would not know who the body in thesnare was.
www.therfcc.org /hyprieus-337592.html   (89 words)

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