Bouphonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The annual sacrifice of an ox and mock trial of the slaughterer at the ancient Athenian Dipolieia.

Word forms

Bouphonia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βουφόνια (bouphónia), from βοῦς (boûs) and φόνος (phónos, “slaughter”).

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