The Bronze Bull, Brazen Bull, or the Sicilian Bull, is an execution/torture device designed in ancient Greece.
Perillos of Athens, a brass-founder, proposed to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, the invention of a new means for executing criminals; accordingly, he cast a bull, made entirely of brass, hollow, with a door in the side. The condemned were shut in the bull and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until it became "yellow hot" and causing the person inside to roast to death. So that 'nothing unseemly might spoil his feasting', Phalaris commanded that the bull be designed in such a way that its smoke rose in spicy clouds of incense. The head of the ox was designed with a complex system of tubes and stops so that the prisoner's screams were converted into sounds like the bellowing of an infuriated bull. It is also said that when the bull was reopened, the scorched bones of the remains shone like jewels and were made into bracelets
Evil? Is that like when your ex is also your best friend, and even though you know the two of you are on the best of terms you still contemplate on a daily basis the different ways you could kill this individual with a single knife/dagger without leaving behind any trace evidence that it was you, for at least three to seven hours a day, to the degree that you almost have it figured out to perfection and scare the living hell outta yourself thinking just how perfectly you could pull it off?
Originally posted by GCGThe Bronze Bull, Brazen Bull, or the Sicilian Bull, is an execution/torture device designed in ancient Greece.
Perillos of Athens, a brass-founder, proposed to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, the invention of a new means for executing criminals; accordingly, he cast a bull, made entirely of brass, hollow, with a door in the side. The condemned were shut in the bull and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until it became "yellow hot" and causing the person inside to roast to death. So that 'nothing unseemly might spoil his feasting', Phalaris commanded that the bull be designed in such a way that its smoke rose in spicy clouds of incense. The head of the ox was designed with a complex system of tubes and stops so that the prisoner's screams were converted into sounds like the bellowing of an infuriated bull. It is also said that when the bull was reopened, the scorched bones of the remains shone like jewels and were made into bracelets
sounds like fun 😈
Originally posted by Silent Abyss
Evil? Is that like when your ex is also your best friend, and even though you know the two of you are on the best of terms you still contemplate on a daily basis the different ways you could kill this individual with a single knife/dagger without leaving behind any trace evidence that it was you, for at least three to seven hours a day, to the degree that you almost have it figured out to perfection and scare the living hell outta yourself thinking just how perfectly you could pull it off?