Hecatomb
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hecatomb-162-3499716
title:
Hecatomb
text:
In ancient Greece, a hecatomb was a sacrifice of 100 cattle to the Greek gods. In practice, as few as 12 could make up a hecatomb. Although originally the sacrifice of a hundred oxen in the religious ceremonies of the Greeks and Romans; later "hecatomb" came to describe a large number of any kind of animals devoted to sacrifice. Figuratively, "hecatomb" is used to describe the sacrifice or destruction by fire, tempest, disease, or the sword of any large number of persons or animals; and also of
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description:
Sacrifice of 100 cattle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatomb
date created:
2004-05-24T21:32:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:48:21Z
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13
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