brazen bull

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English

Perillos being forced into the brazen bull that he built for Phalaris

Noun

brazen bull (plural brazen bulls)

  1. An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.
    Synonyms: bronze bull, Sicilian bull


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