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| δίδωσι βουκόλοισιν ἐκθεῖναι βρέφος, σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον· ὅθεν νιν Ἑλλὰς ὠνόμαζεν Οἰδίπουν. |
| He gave the infant to cow-herds to expose, having pierced iron spikes through the middle of his ankle. |
| Euripides Phoenician Women 25-6 |
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