Epimenides Was Sent By His Father Into The Field To Look For A Sheep, Turned Out Of The Road At Mid-day And Lay Down In A Certain Cave And Fell Asleep, And Slept There Fifty-seven Yea

Epimenides Was Sent By His Father Into The Field To Look For A Sheep, Turned Out Of The Road At Mid-day And Lay Down In A Certain Cave And Fell Asleep, And Slept There Fifty-seven Yea

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Epimenides was sent by his father into the field to look for a sheep,
turned out of the road at mid-day and lay down in a certain cave and
fell asleep, and slept there fifty-seven years; and after that, when
awake, he went on looking for the sheep, thinking that he had been
taking a short nap.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Epimenides, ii

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