A hecatomb is a great public sacrifice in ancient Greece and Rome. It was originally of a hundred oxen. It can also mean a great loss of life for some cause.
Caesar's hecatomb did not convince the people of his sincerity.
A hecatomb is a great public sacrifice in ancient Greece and Rome. It was originally of a hundred oxen. It can also mean a great loss of life for some cause.
Caesar's hecatomb did not convince the people of his sincerity.
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Hecatomb, actually. A sacrifice, usually large in scale.
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The hecatomb was an ancient Greece sacrificing of 100 cattle.
was a sacrifice to the gods of 100 cattle (hekaton = one hundred).
Hecatombs were offered to Greek gods Apollo, Athena, and Hera,
during special religious ceremonies.