Linus Was The Instructor Of Hercules In Music, But Having One Day Reproved His Pupil Rather Harshly, He Roused The Anger Of Hercules, Who Struck Him With His Lyre And Killed Him.

Linus Was The Instructor Of Hercules In Music, But Having One Day Reproved His Pupil Rather Harshly, He Roused The Anger Of Hercules, Who Struck Him With His Lyre And Killed Him.

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Linus was the instructor of Hercules in music, but having one day reproved
his pupil rather harshly, he roused the anger of Hercules, who struck him
with his lyre and killed him.

-- Bulfinch's Mythology

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