Sacrificial basket
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the basket · the baskets
spoken of as
1 expressionSacrificial baskets1 mention
Iphigenia in Aulis (Greek)
Come, then, begin the rites, that is the next step, by getting the baskets ready;
in the texts
Electra
The ritual basket prepared as part of the false tenth-day sacrifice used to lure Clytemnestra into the house.
The basket is ready, and the knife sharpened, the same that killed the bull by whose side you will lie, struck down.
Iphigenia in Aulis
Ritual baskets the Messenger urges be readied as part of preparations for the supposed wedding ceremony.
Come, then, begin the rites, that is the next step, by getting the baskets ready;