Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An ancient Attic festival in honor of Zeus, more commonly called
Diipolia (which see).
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Examples
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This they appear to have done in the Athenian sacrifice known as the murder of the OX (bouphonia).
Chapter 49. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals. § 1. Dionysus, the Goat and the Bull 1922
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This they appear to have done in the Athenian sacrifice known as "the murder of the OX" (bouphonia).
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This they appear to have done in the Athenian sacrifice known as "the murder of the OX" (_bouphonia_).
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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The resurrection of Dionysus, related in his myth, may have been enacted in his rites by stuffing and setting up the slain ox, as was done at the Athenian _bouphonia.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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This they appear to have done in the Athenian sacrifice known as “the murder of the OX” (bouphonia).
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