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One of the key types of ironic figures is the "pharmakos," the Greek term for the scapegoat.
Anime Nano! 2009
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On this the priests of Artemis took counsel with the lords, and decreed that a pharmakos be chosen, to purge the city.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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The Mysteries were celebrated at full moon; and each of the candidates for admission "took with him his own pharmakos, [428] a young pig".
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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[424] Cf. the ceremony of the pharmakos in the festival of the Thargelia (Miss Harrison, _Prolegomena to the Study of
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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