Sacrificial sword · Atlas

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The Sacrificial Sword1 mention

Hecuba (Greek)

or if at my neck your sword you will aim, that throat is here and ready.

hecuba ¶

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HecubaClassical · Greek

The sword used by Neoptolemus to perform Polyxena's sacrifice at Achilles' tomb.

or if at my neck your sword you will aim, that throat is here and ready.

hecuba ¶

Then seizing his golden sword by the hilt he drew it from its scabbard, signing to the picked young Argive warriors to hold the maid.

hecuba ¶

Then he, half glad, half sorry in his pity for the maid, cut with the steel the channels of her breath, and streams of blood gushed forth;

hecuba ¶

Iphigenia in AulisClassical · Greek

The sword/knife prepared by Calchas for the ritual killing of Iphigenia at the altar of Artemis.

and Calchas, the seer, drawing a sharp sword from its scabbard laid it in a basket of beaten gold, and crowned the maiden’s head.

iphigenia in aulis ¶

[But the priest, seizing his knife, offered up a prayer and was closely scanning the maiden’s throat to see where he should strike.

iphigenia in aulis ¶

My sword shall soon know if any one is to snatch your daughter from me, for then will I make it reek with the bloody stains of slaughter, before it reach Phrygia.

iphigenia in aulis ¶

Iphigenia in TaurisClassical · Greek

The ritual blade associated with human sacrifice at the temple, later transformed by Athena's decree into a symbolic, bloodless rite.

But the libations and your sword are not at work?

iphigenia in tauris ¶

whenever the people keep the festival, let a sword be held to a man’s throat and draw out blood, in atonement for your sacrifice, so that the goddess may have her honors, and holiness is revered.

iphigenia in tauris ¶