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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece [Repost]

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Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece  [Repost]

Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece by Dennis D. Hughes
English | 25 July 1991 | ISBN: 0415034833 | 316 Pages | PDF | 2 MB

Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed;