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Noun Concept
Categories: Animal festival or ritual, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Greek animal sacrifice, Greek words and phrases, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference
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hecatomb  hecatombs  Hekatomb  Hekatombaia
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A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen WordNet 3.0
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A great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In ancient Greece, a hecatomb was a sacrifice of 100 cattle to the Greek gods. Wikipedia
Sacrifice of 100 cattle Wikidata
A great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen. Wiktionary
Great public sacrifice. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
sacrifice
animal sacrifice
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Opfer im Antiken Griechenland
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FACET OF
ancient Greek religion
HAS PARTS OF THE CLASS
cattle
NAMED AFTER
hundred
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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hecatomb
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hecatomb
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Hecatomb
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hecatomb
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hecatombs, Hekatomb, Hekatombaia

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