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Brewer's: Robber
The highwayman who told Alexander that he was the greater robber of the two was named Dionides. The tale is given in Evenings at Home under the title of Alexander and the Robber.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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