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HECATOMPHO´NIA

HECATOMPHO´NIA (ἑκατομφόνια), an ancient festival or rather custom observed by the Messenians of Ithome, whenever they had killed a hundred enemies. A sacrifice was offered on the occasion to Zeus. (Paus. 4.19.2; Plut. Romul. 24.)

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. William Smith, LLD. William Wayte. G. E. Marindin. Albemarle Street, London. John Murray. 1890.

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890)
William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890)
William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.