Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 40

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ἡ δὲ δὴ ἐξαίρεσις τῶν ἱρῶν καὶ ἡ καῦσις ἄλλη περὶ ἄλλο ἱρόν σφι κατέστηκε: τὴν δ᾽ ὦν μεγίστην τε δαίμονα ἥγηνται εἶναι καὶ μεγίστην οἱ ὁρτὴν ἀνάγουσι, ταύτην ἔρχομαι ἐρέων ... [2] ἐπεὰν ἀποδείρωσι τὸν βοῦν, κατευξάμενοι κοιλίην μὲν κείνην πᾶσαν ἐξ ὦν εἷλον, σπλάγχνά δὲ αὐτοῦ λείπουσι ἐν τῷ σώματι καὶ τὴν πιμελήν, σκέλεα δὲ ἀποτάμνουσι καὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν ἄκρην καὶ τοὺς ὤμους τε καὶ τὸν τράχηλον. [3] ταῦτα δὲ ποιήσαντες τὸ ἄλλο σῶμα τοῦ βοὸς πιμπλᾶσι ἄρτων καθαρῶν καὶ μέλιτος καὶ ἀσταφίδος καὶ σύκων καὶ λιβανωτοῦ καὶ σμύρνης καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θυωμάτων, πλήσαντες δὲ τούτων καταγίζουσι, ἔλαιον ἄφθονον καταχέοντες: [4] προνηστεύσαντες δὲ θύουσι, καιομένων δὲ τῶν ἱρῶν τύπτονται πάντες, ἐπεὰν δὲ ἀποτύψωνται, δαῖτα προτίθενται τὰ ἐλίποντο τῶν ἱρῶν.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Cross-references to this page (2):
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Forms of the verbal predicate
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (24):
- LSJ, ἀποδέρω
- LSJ, ἀποτέμνω
- LSJ, ἀποτύπτω
- LSJ, ἀστα^φίς
- LSJ, ἑορτ-ή
- LSJ, ἐξαίρ-εσις
- LSJ, ἐξαιρ-έω
- LSJ, ἡγέομαι
- LSJ, καθα^γ-ίζω
- LSJ, κα^θα^ρ-ός
- LSJ, κατ-εύχομαι
- LSJ, καῦσις
- LSJ, κοιλί-α
- LSJ, λείπω
- LSJ, λι^βα^νωτός
- LSJ, ὀσφῦς
- LSJ, πι_μελ-ή
- LSJ, προνηστεύω
- LSJ, θυ?́-ωμα
- LSJ, σμύρνα
- LSJ, σπλάγχνον
- LSJ, σῦκον
- LSJ, τράχηλος
- LSJ, τύπτω

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