And therefore he is called Procrustes, the stretcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ontario Readers Third Book] Reference

Here lived the giant Damastes, called Procrustes or the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference

One of these evil-doers was called Procrustes, or the Stretcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age of Fable] Reference

And therefore he is called Procrustes the stretcher, though his father called him Damastes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Types of Children's Literature] Reference

Procrustes the publisherApr. 20th, 2007 | 10: 49 pm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Procrustes the publisher] Reference

To ancient Attia it is said there was a gian, Procrustes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rogue Of Gor]

"Promise me that your name isn't really Procrustes," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seventh Son]

“The only bed I'd give you, Caesar, belonged to Procrustes.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortune's Favorites]

The notion of publishing Baxter's Procrustes did not emanate from.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

Intellectual property lawyers have many similarities to Procrustes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference

Baxter's Procrustes is one of the publications of the Bodleian Club.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

These posts give you a ponder about the Bed of Procrustes, a myth about conformity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Athena Giving You The Word, Fresh For ‘06, Sucka; Plus, a Blogging Self-Pimp Thread « Whatever] Reference

Do you know that this device " bed, that is, was created by the renowned Procrustes himself? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Arrant]

As with Procrustes, things do not always fit and the process can be distressing for its subjects.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference

Fine binding is a desideratum, and, for its cost, that of the Procrustes could not be improved upon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

In pursuance of my duty in the premises, it of course became necessary for me to read the Procrustes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

And as he spoke, Procrustes came up the hill and all the merchants with him, smiling and talking gayly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Types of Children's Literature] Reference

'Procrustes, you will remember,' he says, 'stretched or chopped down his guests to fit the bed he constructed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Man or Matter] Reference

Procrustes, and it was unanimously agreed that no finer specimen of bookmaking had ever been published by the club.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

In Greek mythology, Procrustes had a bed to which he fitted its prospective occupants, whether they liked it or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference

When the Procrustes was ready for distribution, each subscriber received his copy by mail, in a neat pasteboard box.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

His Procrustes, from the collector's point of view, is entirely logical, and might be considered as the acme of bookmaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

"Is this true, my host, or is it false?" and he clasped Procrustes round waist and elbow, so that he could not draw his sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [Types of Children's Literature] Reference

He offered to pay all the bills for the sham Procrustes, or to replace the blank copies with the real thing, as we might choose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

The true collector loves wide margins, and the Procrustes, being all margin, merely touches the vanishing point of the perspective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

Think what that must be even to a man innocent of crime, and feel how far worse than the bed of Procrustes it must be to one like me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference

This classification therefore may be regarded as a Procrustes 'bed, into which every proposition is bound to fit at its proper peril.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deductive Logic] Reference

Procrustes-bed, upon which "society" is stretched.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Potiphar Papers] Reference

It is a Procrustes 'bed which mutilates the poet's vision.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Letters] Reference

Truth would have slept more comfortably in Procrustes 'bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Preface to Politics] Reference

Fonder of shady nooks, the Procrustes form a separate company.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference

This was a name of the robber Procrustes, who was slain by Theseus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII] Reference

Procrustes, though he was a mighty tyrant, could fit only the body to the bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales and Novels — Volume 07] Reference

An insipid uniformity is the Procrustes-bed, upon which "society" is stretched.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)] Reference

Cinderella's; and, like Procrustes, they are resolved to stretch everything to fit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference

In our modern days, we too often, Procrustes-like, make our ideas to fit the forms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University] Reference

Procrustes, the giant robbers, would be strong enough to slay the dread monster of Crete.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles] Reference

A work of capital genius, to a man of an ordinary mind, is the bed of Procrustes to one of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies] Reference

On him, likewise, Theseus had no mercy; he slew Procrustes and gave liberty to his captives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles] Reference