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   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 05/11/2025 04:48, Tony Cooper wrote:   
   > On Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:50:48 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> What's the difference between an urban myth and an urban legend?   
   >   
   > The word "urban" is usually used to mean "of the city".  I can't think   
   > of any myths or legends that are specifically of the city.   
      
   Here are three to be going on with:   
      
   Dido's founding of Carthage by cutting an ox-hide into strips.   
   The Trojan Horse and the sacking of Troy.   
   Remus slain by Romulus for mocking Rome's nascent walls.   
      
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