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Animal Sacrifice (Thysia)

The central Greek act of cult in which an animal was ritually slaughtered at an altar, its thigh-bones and fat burned for the gods while worshippers shared the cooked meat in a communal feast.

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  1. Histories
    Thurii (Magna Graecia) · -425
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  2. Anabasis
    Athens · -354
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  3. Hellenica
    Athens · -354
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  4. Cyropaedia
    Athens · -354
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  5. Constitution of the Lacedaimonians
    Athens · -354
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  6. Memorabilia
    Athens · -354
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  7. Economics
    Athens · -354
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  8. Geography
    Amaseia · 24
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  9. Quaestiones Romanae
    Chaeronea · 120
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  10. Quaestiones Convivales
    Chaeronea · 120
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  11. Quaestiones Graecae
    Chaeronea · 120
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  12. Description of Greece
    · 180
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  13. Deipnosophistae
    Naucratis · 230
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Deipnosophistae · Athenaeus of Naucratis

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Description of Greece · Pausanias

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