The animal sacrifices of the classical Mediterranean: the Greek thysia, the hecatomb of a hundred oxen, the Roman suovetaurilia of pig, sheep and bull and the piaculum offered for expiation. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes an animal sacrifice of Greece or Rome. It excludes Israelite and Chinese sacrifice. Examples in the atlas include Thysia (Greek Animal Sacrifice) and The Hecatomb.
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Hecatomb (Wikipedia)
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In ancient Greece, a hecatomb (UK: ; US: ; Ancient Greek: ἑκατόμβη hekatómbē) was a sacrifice of one hundred cattle (hekaton "one hundred", bous "bull") to the Greek gods.
Suovetaurilia (Wikipedia)
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The suovetaurilia or suovitaurilia was one of the most sacred and traditional rites of Roman religion: the sacrifice of a pig (sus), a sheep (ovis) and a bull (taurus) to the deity Mars to bless and purify land (Lustratio).
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