The son of either poseidon or aegeus and aethra, theseus was widely considered the greatest athenian hero, the king who managed to politically unify attica under the aegis of athens. Art canvas stretcher bars 12, 2 pack by sunbelt mfg. The bed of procrustes, the title of nassim talebs book of aphorisms, takes its title from greek mythology. Procrustes had an iron bed or, according to some accounts, two beds on which he compelled his victims to lie.
This ebook of old greek stories by james baldwin belongs to the public domain. Still, according to a third account, she was a daughter of the titan atlas poseidon first caught sight of his bride to be on the island of naxos. The short story was originally published in crashlander 1994 the story is retold, from the point of view of sigmund ausfaller, in juggler of worlds plot summary. Pdf orthogonal procrustes analysis for dictionary learning. The son of a man, a woman, and the god poseidon, hed journey across ancient greece, fighting numerous monsters and villains, including periphetes the clubber, the crymmyon sow, and the insane demigod, procrustes the stretcher. Story stretcher book idea book to purchase students have great imaginations, but may be helpful to show a few examples story stretchers examples for several different books the rainbow fish more ideas for the rainbow fish. It also serves as a testimony to writers that, to a true collector, a book is a work of art, and goes to further prove that there are all types of versatile writing styles. Dec 12, 2011 in spite the use of certain punctuation, language, and wording, baxters procrustes is evidence that writers have a diverse target audience.
He offered all strangers a free night in his magical bed. One of the travelers happened to be the fearless theseus, who slayed the minotaur later in his heroic career. Size rolled in cordura pack 9 inch diameter x 36 inch length laid out flat 3 feet x 8 feet. No one ever fit the bed exactly because he had two so he would physically alter his visitors so they would fit by. Theseus looked through the house and found there great wealth of gold and silver and costly things which procrustes had taken from the strangers who had fallen into his hands. He went into the dining hall, and there indeed was the table spread with a rich feast of meats and drinks and delicacies such as no king would scorn. The bed of procrustes is a beautiful collection of aphorisms, best absorbed if already familiar with nassim nicholas taleb through some of his other books.
The story may have been an allegory for a greek invasion of crete before the trojan war archaeologists have found evidence of an attack on the palace of knossos at the right time. He lived in the area of eleusis, and captured passing travelers to fit them in his iron bed in. Procrustes, whose name means he who stretches, was arguably the most interesting of theseuss challenges on the way to becoming a hero. What challenges does percy go through in chapter 17. If the person was too tall, he would amputate them in any way to fit the bed if he was too short, then he would stretch the person in order for them to fit the bed. The short story was originally published in crashlander 1994. Methinks that i have heard of this stretcher before, said theseus. Fast realtimestretching and resampling algorithms procrustessylea. In statistics, procrustes analysis is a form of statistical shape analysis used to analyse the distribution of a set of shapes. One of these evildoers was called procrustes, or the stretcher. Oct 02, 2014 may not appear in the same force as theseus.
This section also compares the procrustes analysis and the conventional leastsquares solution with respect. Procrustes the stretcher owned a small estate along the sacred way between athens and eleusis. Ling at birth theseus associate degree unknown father. Feb 10, 2014 procrustes was a mad smith who kept two beds in his house. After the customary dinner, theseus made procrustes lie in. The goodnessoffit criterion is the sum of squared errors. Procrustes described it as having the unique property that its length exactly matched whomsoever lay down upon it. He also survived several assassination attempts, including one by medea, the famous witchwife of jason. If a person was too short, procrustes would chain their arms and legs and. What procrustes didnt volunteer was the method by which this onesizefitsall was achieved, namely as soon as the guest lay down procrustes went to work upon him, stretching him on the rack if he was too short for the bed and. Procrustes, in greek legend, a robber dwelling somewhere in atticain some versions, in the neighbourhood of eleusis. Literary analysis of baxters procrustes by keisha robinson.
The son of a man, a woman, and the god poseidon, hed journey far across ancient greece, fighting numerous monsters including the periphetes the clubber, the crymmyon sow, and the insane demigod, procrustes the stretcher. Orthogonal procrustes analysis for dictionary learning in. Theseus had been warned about a man named procrustes. It is exactly six feet long, but can fit anyone, be they short or tall. Lift assist backrest uses a dropseat design which uses the patients weight to help raise the head of the bed while cradling the patient to help reduce boosting. May 21, 2006 here are some excerpts from an old comp. Generalized procrustes analysis and its applications in photogrammetry devrim akca. Orthogonal procrustes analysis for dictionary learning in sparse linear representation.
According to hesiod, she was a sea goddess a nereid one of the seven daughters of nereus and doris. Chesnutts, baxter procrustes, i really enjoyed the reading and i loved the writing style. Procrustes the stretcher owned a small estate along. Media in category procrustes analysis the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. He had an iron bedstead, on which he used to tie all travellers who fell into his hands. In the purest of poetic justice, procrustes was hoisted by his own petard. Procrustes analysis is a rigid shape analysis that uses isomorphic scaling, translation, and rotation to find the best fit between two or more landmarked shapes. Download limit exceeded you have exceeded your daily download allowance. Mseries stretcher model sm104 1007 operations manual 200607 1007009001 rev a. What i did was using the pitch shifter example from the page finetuned itspeeded it up a bit with some different fft algorithm to change the pitch.
Procrustes procrustes, in greek mythology, was the cruel owner of a small estate in. The stretcher synonyms, the stretcher pronunciation, the stretcher translation, english dictionary definition of the stretcher. Today the term procrustean bed means a standard or set of conditions, determined arbitrarily, to which everyone is forced to conform. Even before theseus descended into the labyrinth to face the minotaur, he was already a hero and a veteran of many battles. Stretcher was a son of poseidon with a stronghold on. Procrustes is an englishlanguage science fiction short story written in 1994 by larry niven. His so called magic bed did fit anyone, but in an unpleasant way. Watching his victims approach from his stronghold, procrustes stretches or shrinks the bed in advance to predetermine their failure to fit into it so that he may torturously reshape them to suit his will. Cartoon from the project gutenberg ebook of punch, volume 101. Four stars by elisa tacoma, wa decent stretcher bars for the cost. Procrustes, in greek mythology, was the cruel owner of a. They all touch upon uncertainty and the limitations of knowledge and the qualities of the unknown but this one is special. Edmunds 2000 mini stretcher bar set, assorted sizes. Procrustes prohkrusteez procrustes was a host who adjusted his guests to their bed.
Procrustes myth encyclopedia mythology, greek, hero. In greek mythology, procrustes also known as prokoptas or damastes, subduer, was a rogue smith and bandit from attica who attacked people by stretching. His mother, aethra, was friendly with each greek deity and aegeus hunt 36. This reading adventure was very fun, with an exception for minor difficulty understanding the usage of some punctuation, wording, and language. Even before theseus descended into the labyrinth to face the minotaur, he was already a famous hero and a veteran of many battles. Upon reaching adulthood and finding out the identity of. Theseus and the minotaur osprey publishing myths and. Before theseus was born aegeus aforesaid to aethra.
Dec 21, 2010 the bed of procrustes by nassim nicholas taleb allen lane. Zoom motorized drive system on the stryker prime stretcher pushing. Procrustes the stretcher february 23rd, 2010 in greek mythology, there was a man who would woo travelers in for a much needed rest. This paper is an indepth study of procrustes analysis.
If a guest did not fit the bed procrustes offered him, they were either stretched on a rack or their feet were lopped off, until they were exactly the right length. He kept a house by the side of the road where he offered hospitality to passing strangers, who were invited in for a. Procrustes in greek mythology 1, procrustes was a robber who lived. Son of either aegeus, the king of athens, or poseidon, the god of the sea, and aethra, a princess, theseus was raised by his mother in the palaces of troezen. That is, the stretcher, the surname of the legendary robber damastes restrainer or polypemon hurtingmany, a son of poseidon.
In ancient greek mythology, the bandit procrustes the. Procrustes was a mad smith who kept two beds in his house. The stretcher definition of the stretcher by the free. The bed of procrustes, the title of nassim talebs book of aphorisms, takes its title from greek mythology procrustes the stretcher owned a small estate along the sacred way between athens and eleusis. If we tend to to possess a son, once hes grownup have him take my weapon system and sandals from underneath this boulder to pine tree state, then he was off to athens. He kept a house by the side of the road where he offered hospitality to passing strangers, who were invited in for a pleasant meal and. If the person was too tall, he would amputate them in any way to fit the bed. He invited every passerby to spend the night in his iron bed. Prokroustes, the stretcher who hammers out the metal, also known as prokoptas or damastes, subduer, was a rogue smith and bandit from attica who attacked people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed. If they were shorter than the bed, he would stretch them on a rack until. Theseus encountered procrustes on his way to the greek city of athens.
Alteratively, according to apollodorus, she was one of the oceanids, born to oceanus and tethys. This story is well written and clearly expressive of philosophical, logical, and illogical thoughts and ideas. He lived in the area of eleusis, and captured passing travelers to fit them in his iron bed in some accounts he had two beds, one long and one short. Procrustes met his end at the hands of the greek hero theseus, who killed him the same way that the robber took care of his victims.
Cercyon was the king of eleusis, and challenged passersby to a wrestling match. Old greek stories the adventures of theseus by james baldwin. It is the sixth in the series of stories about crashlander beowulf shaeffer. Step 2 represents the core of the rsvd method as detailed as follows.
He lured innocent travelers into his home near eleusis. Men call him procrustes, or the stretcher, said the girland she talked low. Procrustes procrustes, in greek mythology, was the cruel owner of a small estate in corydalus in attica, on the way between athens and eleusis, where the mystery rites were performed. Pdf the world of myth david leeming free pdf download.
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