Kerkyōn (English spelling)

Japanese: Kerkyōn(英語表記)Kerkyon
Kerkyōn (English spelling)

…The Procrustean bed, which is still used today to mean rigid and merciless coercion, originates from this. On the same road, Sinis, who tied each traveler's feet to two bent branches and split them in two, Skiron, who kicked them into the sea to feed on a giant turtle, and Kerkyon, who forced them to wrestle and kill them, were all killed by the Athenian prince Theseus using the same method they used to kill travelers. [Tomohiro Mizutani] …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kerkyōn" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在でも杓子定規,容赦ない強制の意で使われる〈プロクルステスの寝台Procrustean bed〉はこれに由来する。同じ街道で,曲げた2本の枝に1本ずつ足をゆわえつけ,通行人を二股裂きにしていたシニスSinis,海に蹴落として大亀の餌食にしていたスキロンSkirōn,むりやり相撲の相手をさせて殺していたケルキュオンKerkyōnらと相前後して,いずれもみずからが旅人を殺すのに用いた方法で,アテナイの王子テセウスに退治されたという。【水谷 智洋】。…

※「Kerkyōn」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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