Brazen bull
The brazen bull, bronze bull, or Sicilian bull, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. According to Diodorus Siculus, recounting the story in Bibliotheca historica, Perillos of Athens invented and proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a new means of executing criminals. The bull was made entirely of bronze, hollow, with a door in one side. The bull was in the form and size of an actual bull and had an acoustic apparatus that converted screams into the sound of a bull. The condemned were locked in the device, and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside roasted to death.
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Brazen bull
The brazen bull, bronze bull, or Sicilian bull, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. According to Diodorus Siculus, recounting the story in Bibliotheca historica, Perillos of Athens invented and proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a new means of executing criminals. The bull was made entirely of bronze, hollow, with a door in one side. The bull was in the form and size of an actual bull and had an acoustic apparatus that converted screams into the sound of a bull. The condemned were locked in the device, and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside roasted to death.
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Byk z brązu (byk Falarisa, syc ...... ponownie zwrócony do Akragas.
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De messingen stier, ook bekend ...... stier o.a. toe op Christenen.
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Der sizilianische Bulle war, D ...... tem hervorgerufen worden sein.
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El toro de Falaris es un instr ...... hablar de acciones depravadas.
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Il Toro di Falaride sarebbe st ...... one in uso nell'antica Grecia.
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Le taureau d'airain ou taureau de Phalaris est un instrument de torture.
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O Touro de Bronze, também conh ...... seu artesão Perilo de Atenas.
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The brazen bull, bronze bull, ...... erson inside roasted to death.
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Бык Фалариса (также Медный бык ...... орой половине VI века до н. э.
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ثور برونزي (بالإنجليزية: braze ...... ق الشخص الذي بداخله حتى الموت.
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Byk z brązu (byk Falarisa, syc ...... zwierzęcia. Falaris, zdumiony
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De messingen stier, ook bekend ...... oegepast in het Romeinse Rijk.
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Der sizilianische Bulle war, D ...... tem hervorgerufen worden sein.
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El toro de Falaris es un instr ...... do le presentó el instrumento.
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Il Toro di Falaride sarebbe st ...... one in uso nell'antica Grecia.
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Le taureau d'airain ou taureau de Phalaris est un instrument de torture.
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O Touro de Bronze, também conh ...... seu artesão Perilo de Atenas.
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The brazen bull, bronze bull, ...... erson inside roasted to death.
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Бык Фалариса (также Медный бык ...... орой половине VI века до н. э.
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ثور برونزي (بالإنجليزية: braze ...... ق الشخص الذي بداخله حتى الموت.
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Brazen bull
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Byk z brązu
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Messingen stier
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Sizilianischer Bulle
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Taureau d'airain
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Toro de Falaris
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Toro di Falaride
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Touro de bronze
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Бык Фаларида
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ثور برونزي
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