Author: HERODOTUS Hist.
Opus: Historiae
Reference: Hdt.4.94.2
Period: Early Classical
Genre: prose
Subgenre: historiography
Object:
Gender: m
Context: human sacrifice
Greek Text: διὰ πεντετηρίδος τε τὸν πάλῳ λαχόντα αἰεὶ σφέων αὐτῶν ἀποπέμπουσι ἄγγελον παρὰ τὸν Σάλμοξιν
English Text: Once every five years they choose one of their people by lot and send him as a messenger to Salmoxis
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Kleros 454, Hdt.4.94.2
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