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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hero Children

Children of whom legend relates, that being deserted by their parents, they were suckled by wild beasts, brought up by herdsmen, and became national heroes.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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