Bouphonia
Meanings
name
- The annual sacrifice of an ox and mock trial of the slaughterer at the ancient Athenian Dipolieia.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βουφόνια (bouphónia), from βοῦς (boûs) and φόνος (phónos, “slaughter”).
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