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xenismosnoun	A ritual offering of a meal in Ancient Greece.
cottusnoun	(Greek mythology) One of the Hecatoncheires (hundred-handed monster) of Ancient Greek mythology.
centauromachynoun	(art) A fight in which centaurs take part; a common theme in ancient relief sculpture.
hecatompedonnoun	Alternative spelling of Hekatompedon. [(historical) The Temple of Athena upon the Acropolis, formerly in the location of the present Parthenon.]
theophagynoun	(rare) The eating or consumption of a god, typically in a sacramental context.
bacchanalianoun	(Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
centimanesnoun	(Roman mythology) Synonym of Hecatoncheires.
thesmophorianoun	An Ancient Greek festival in honour of Demeter and Persephone, and involving the sacrifice of pigs.
hecatoncheiresnoun	(Greek mythology) Three monstrous giants of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, who were offspring of Uranus by Gaia, whom Zeus freed from captivity and who in return aided the Olympians in the Titanomachy.
centauromachianoun	Alternative form of centauromachy. [(art) A fight in which centaurs take part; a common theme in ancient relief sculpture.]
blótnoun	A Norse (and modern Heathen) ceremonial offering.
godslaughternoun	The killing of a god or goddess.
catasterismnoun	(Greek mythology) The transformation of a hero or mythological creature, into a star, constellation, comet or other celestial object.
suovetaurilianoun	A religious rite of Ancient Rome, the triple sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull to the deity Mars in order to bless and purify land.
hekatompedonnoun	(historical) The specific chamber within the Parthenon which contained the cultic chryselephantine statue of Athena.
tauroctonynoun	(Mithraism, historical, art) A depiction (typically in relief or sculpture) of Mithras killing a bull; associated with the practice of Mithraism (as a cult) in the Roman Empire.
hephaisteionnoun	Alternative form of Hephaesteum. [The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.]
dithyrambosnoun	Alternative form of dithyramb. [A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.]
pharmakosnoun	(historical) In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.
hippocampnoun	(Greek mythology) A mythological creature, a cross between a horse and a fish.