Πιτυοκάμπτης

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In Greek mythology, Sinis (Ancient Greek: Σίνης) was a bandit killed by Theseus on his way to Athens. Sinis has been described as the son of Polypemon and Sylea, daughter of Corinth; he has also been described as the son of Canethus and Henioche.

An Isthmian outlaw, Sinis would force travelers to help him bend pine trees to the ground and then unexpectedly let go, catapulting the victims through the air. Alternative sources say that he tied people to two pine trees that he bent down to the ground, then let the trees go, tearing his victims apart. This led to him being called Pityocamptes (Πιτυοκάμπτης = "pine-bender").

Sinis was the second bandit to be killed by Theseus as the hero was traveling from Troezen to Athens, in the very same way that he had previously killed his own victims. Theseus then slept with Sinis's daughter, Perigune, who later bore Theseus's son, Melanippus. Perigune later married Deioneus of Oechalia.

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Κοντά στον Ισθμό της Κορίνθου, σύμφωνα με τον Παυσανία, βρισκόταν ο τόπος όπου ζούσε ο ληστής Σίνις ο επονομαζόμενος Πιτυοκάμπτης. Αυτός όσους διαβάτες κατάφερνε να αιχμαλωτίσει τους έδενε σε δυο αντικριστά κλαδιά (μιας κουκουναριάς η οποία υπήρχε ακόμα τον καιρό του Παυσανία σύμφωνα με τα γραφόμενά του) τα οποία είχε λυγίσει προς τα κάτω και τα οποία κατόπιν ελευθέρωνε με αποτέλεσμα το σώμα του αιχμαλώτου να διαμελίζεται. Εξοντώθηκε από τον Θησέα.