Hecatombs
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
a holy hecatomb · hecatomb · hecatombs · hecatombs of bulls and goats · perfect hecatombs
in the texts
Iliad
The sacrificial offerings of bulls and goats presented to Apollo to end the plague.
let us put a hecatomb on board, and let us send Chryseis also;
They then got out upon the sea-shore and landed the hecatomb for Apollo;
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 then Chryses laid them on the wood fire and poured wine over them, while the young men stood near him with five-pronged spits in their hands.
Hymn 1 to Dionysus
Large sacrificial offerings prescribed for Dionysus' feasts.
And as these things are three, so shall mortals ever sacrifice perfect hecatombs to you at your feasts each three years.