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Bouphonia
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English
Etymology
From en grc βουφόνια, from grc βοῦς and grc φόνος slaughter.
Proper noun
The annual sacrifice of an ox and mock trial of the slaughterer at the ancient Athenian Dipolieia.
en Ancient Greece