Scytalism

English Alternative forms en Scytalismus Skytalism Etymology From en la Scytalismus, from en grc σκυταλισμός clubbing, from grc σκυτάλη or grc σκύταλον club + grc -ισμός -ism. Equivalent to en scytale ism. Proper noun en historical The clubbing of wealthy Argives in 370BC. en 1700 George Booth Diodorus Siculus The Historical Library... https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A36034.0001.001/1:21.6?rgn=div2;view=fulltext 433 But in the mean time there arose such a Sedition, follow'd with such Butcheries in Argos, that the like had never been before in any of the Cities of Greece: Which new and unheard of Cruelty was call'd by the Grecians Scytalism, from the manner of the slaughter Committed... whoever were accus'd (of whom there was a vast number, and all very Rich) were Condemn'd to Death; so that there were Executed above Sixteen hundred of the greatest and most powerful Men of the City... en 1836 William Mitford The History of Greece 2nd VI https://www.cristoraul.org/ENGLISH/readinghall/THIRDMILLENNIUMLIBRARY/HISTORY-OF-GREECE/PDF/MITFORD/historyofgreece06.pdf 317-8 Diodorus Siculus Diodorus refers to the second year of the hundred and second olympiad a sedition, with executions ensuing, such as, he says, were never elsewhere known among the Greeks... accusations were extended till more than twelve hundred of the principal Argive citizens were executed... Among the numerous seditions of Argos this, for its enormity, obtained the distinction of a name; it was called the Scytalism, staffwork or bludgeoning. en 1872 Adolphus William Ward Ernst Curtius History of Greece IV 2 This was the rebellion at Argos known under the name of the Scytalism (cudgelling): an event hitherto unparalleled in Greek history... 1878, William W. Goodwin & al. translating Plutarch as Plutarch's Morals, Vol. V: Political Precepts, §17: For there are many other facts of the ancient Greeks, the recital of which to those who are now living may serve to form and moderate their manners; as would be the relating at Athens, not the warlike exploits of their progenitors, but (for example) ... how, having intelligence of the Scytalism (or slaughter) at Argos in which the Argives put to death fifteen hundred of their own citizens, they commanded a lustration (or expiatory sacrifice) to be carried about in a full assembly... Related terms en scytale Translations Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Σκυταλισμός Italian: it scitalismo Latin: la Scytalismus