ABSTRACT
Several similar contests with the petty tyrants and marauders of the country followed, in all of which Theseus was victorious. One of these was called Procrustes or the stretcher. He had an iron bedstead on which he used to tie all travellers who fell into his hands. If they were shorter than the bed he stretched their limbs to make them fit; if they were longer than the bed he lopped off a portion. Theseus served him as he had served others.
