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noun - a great sacrifice

noun - a great sacrifice or slaughter

HECATOMBS - In ancient Greece, a hecatomb ( or ; Ancient Greek: hekatómb) was a sacrifice to the gods of 100 cattle (hekaton = one hundred, bous = bull). In pr...

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Public sacrifices so Macbeth may be seen

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Apr 3 2009 The Times - Specialist

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Plural form of hecatomb.
(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen.

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In ancient Greece, a Hecatomb ( or ; Ancient Greek: hekatómb) was a sacrifice to the gods of 100 cattle (hekaton = one hundred, bous = bull). In practice, as few as 12 could make up a hecatomb. Hecatombs were offered to Greek gods Hera, Athena, and Apollo, during special religious ceremonies. At the end of the Olympic Games, a hecatomb was also offered to Zeus at Olympia. * In the Iliad hecatombs are described formulaically. The following is one instance, from Samuel Butler's translation:* [T]hey arranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of the god. They washed their hands and took up the barley-meal to sprinkle over the victims [cattle], while [the priest] lifted up his hands and prayed aloud on their behalf. * ... * When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal, they drew back the heads of the victims (Cattle) and killed and flayed them. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, set some pieces of raw meat on the top of them, and the

Hecatombs might refer to

In ancient Greece, a Hecatomb ( or ; Ancient Greek: hekatómb) was a sacrifice to the gods of 100 cattle (hekaton = one hundred, bous = bull). In practice, as few as 12 could make up a hecatomb. Hecatombs were offered to Greek gods Hera, Athena, and Apollo, during special religious ceremonies. At the end of the Olympic Games, a hecatomb was also offered to Zeus at Olympia.
* In the Iliad hecatombs are described formulaically. The following is one instance, from Samuel Butler's translation:* [T]hey arranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of the god. They washed their hands and took up the barley-meal to sprinkle over the victims [cattle], while [the priest] lifted up his hands and prayed aloud on their behalf.
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* When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal, they drew back the heads of the victims (Cattle) and killed and flayed them. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, set some pieces of raw meat on the top of them, and the

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