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* [[Comforting the Widow]]: The Widow of Ephesus story in ''Satyricon''.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: [[The Bible|The Apostles]] of all people, when they [[Sidetracked by the Analogy|took a parable too literally]]:

'''Apostles:''' He's upset that we didn't bring any bread! }}

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: In addition to [[Cold-Blooded Torture|physical tortures]], [[Greek Mythology]] features a variety of less physical tortures such as those inflicted upon Tantalos and Sisyphos (in ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'') and Atlas (in ''[[Theogony]]''). The biblical Cain's punishment for killing his brother was to be shunned by all people for the rest of his life.