. "a mythical robber on the Isthmus of Corinth , who bound travellers to the tops of pine-trees which he had bent to the ground , and then , by letting go his hold , hurled them into the air; he was killed at last by Theseus" . "a mythical robber on the Isthmus of Corinth , who bound travellers to the tops of pine-trees which he had bent to the ground , and then , by letting go his hold , hurled them into the air; he was killed at last by Theseus" . .