Human Sacrifice
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human sacrifice · human sacrifices · sacrifices not to be spoken of
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An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Ritual killing practiced historically among many nations, cited as a parallel case of a long-prevalent but erroneous custom, similar to capital punishment.
But human sacrifices have also been common in almost all nations.
Iphigenia in Tauris
The practice of ritually killing human beings (specifically captured Greek strangers) as offerings to Artemis.
but she herself delights in human sacrifices.
But others carry out the sacrifices, not to be spoken of, within the temple of the goddess.
and I think that the people here, who are themselves killers of men, ascribe to the goddess their sorry behavior.