An Athenian Festival (d) 1.1, celebrated upon the fourteenth of Scirr••∣••••••ion; so nam'd, because it was sacred 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. to Iupiter ••••••nam'd Polieus, or Protectour of the City. Sometimes it was call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, from killing an Ox: For it was customary upon this Day to place certain Cakes, of the same sort with those us'd at Sacrifices, upon a Table of Brass; round this they drove a select number of Oxen, of which he that eat any of the Cakes, was presently slaughter'd. The Person that kill'd the Ox, was call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Por∣••••••ry reports, that no less than three Families were employ'd in this Ceremony, and receiv'd different Names from their Offices therein: The Family, whose Duty it was to drive the Oxen, were
Archæologiæ Græcæ, or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter ...
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call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. a Spur: Those that knock'd him down, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, being descended from Thaulon: Those that slaughter'd, and cut him up, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. Butchers, or Cooks. The Original o•• the Custom was thus: On one of Iupiter's Festivals, it happen'd that a hungry Ox eat one of the consecrated Cakes; whereupon the Priest (some call him Thaulon, others Diomus, or Sopater) mov'd with pious Zeal, kill'd the profane Beast. In those Days, it was look'd upon as a capital Crime to kill an Ox; wherefore the guilty Priest was forc'd to secure himself by a timely Flight, and the Athenians in his stead, took the bloody Ax, arraign'd it, and, according to Pausania••, brought it in not guilty: But Aelian is of another Opinion, and reports, that the Priest, and People present at the Solemnity (for they also were accus'd, as being accessary to the Fact) were acquitted, but the Ax condemn'd; which seems to be most probable. In memory of these Actions, it became ever after customary, for the Priest to fly, and Judg∣ment to be given about the Slaughter of the Ox.
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(d) 1.1
Pausanias Atticis, Aelianus▪ Var. Hist. lib. VIII. cap. III. Porphyrius de Abstinent. ab Animal. Hesychius, Suidas.