sacrifices

• what is a hecatomb

  the sacrifice of 100 oxens during a festival
• what did the participants make sure they had to do before participating in a sacrifice?

  make sure they are clean in order not to pollute the sacrifice
• what is gilding

  the covering of a surface in a thin layer of gold
• how would they make the animal agree to the sacrifice

  by sprinkling water and grains on the head of it, causing it to nod
• what happened after the animal had been sacrificed and sent to the gods


  the entrails were read by a haruspex