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Hecatomb

noun
1.
A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen.





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... even as by the mild waters of Parthenius, or after bathing in the river Amnisus, Leto's daughter stands upon her golden chariot and courses over the hills with her swift-footed roes, to greet from afar some richly-steaming hecatomb; and with her come the nymphs in attendance, gathering, some at the spring of Amnisus itself, others by the glens and many-fountained peaks; and round her whine and fawn the beasts cowering as she moves along: thus they sped through the city; and on ...
— The Argonautica • Apollonius Rhodius


Words linked to "Hecatomb" :   ritual killing, sacrifice


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