altars
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Subject Reference
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- Source
- The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4 ed., 2012.
- Subject
- Classical Studies
- Language
- English
Indispensable adjunct of *sacrifice in ancient religion. The chief type was the raised bōmos (βωμός) on which a wood fire was lit for the cremation of the victim's thigh-bones and [...]