Report, edit, etc...Posted by CaptainWill on 2006-05-25 at 17:58:04
I saw this while browsing, having read a book where children get thrown into a brass bull with a furnace inside as sacrifices. It's a pretty novel and horrible way of dying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
Ouch. If that wasn't enough, read what happened to Perillos:
That's gotta suck.
If it's any consolation to Perillos, apparently when Telemachus overthrew Phalaris, he burnt him in his own bull as a kind of irony. Those Ancient Greeks sure came up with some interesting ideas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull
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Perillos of Athens, a brass-founder, proposed to Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, the invention of a new means for executing criminals; accordingly, he cast a brazen bull, made totally of brass, hollow, with a door in the side. The victim was shut up in the bull and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until it became "red hot" and causing the victim inside to slowly 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 supplied by a complex system of tubes and stops so that the prisoner's screams were converted into sounds not unlike the bellowing of an infuriated ox. It is also said that when the bull was reopened, the victims' scorched bones shone like jewels and were made into bracelets.
Ouch. If that wasn't enough, read what happened to Perillos:
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Phalaris commended the invention, and ordered its horn sound system to be tested by Perillos himself. When Perillos entered, he was immediately locked in, and the fire was set, so that Phalaris could hear the sound of his screams.
Before Perillos could die, Phalaris opened the door and took him away. Perillos believed he would receive a reward for his invention; instead, after freeing him from the bull, Phalaris threw him from the top of a hill, killing him.
Before Perillos could die, Phalaris opened the door and took him away. Perillos believed he would receive a reward for his invention; instead, after freeing him from the bull, Phalaris threw him from the top of a hill, killing him.
That's gotta suck.
If it's any consolation to Perillos, apparently when Telemachus overthrew Phalaris, he burnt him in his own bull as a kind of irony. Those Ancient Greeks sure came up with some interesting ideas.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KaboomHahahein on 2006-05-25 at 18:10:12
That must really suck to be executed by being roasted to death on hot metal. At first, I thought it had somethings to do with bulls killing you. If you are going to execute someone, just cut their head off or something that is instant death, don't make them feel even more pain.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by HorroR on 2006-05-25 at 18:10:31
Maybe it could've been a test to see if they were Hot or Not 
But really, that sucks. Burning alive, dang.
But really, that sucks. Burning alive, dang.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Doodan on 2006-05-25 at 18:41:26
That Perillos guy or whatever went through all that trouble to make it and in repayment he gets to be its first victim? Gee, thanks.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2006-05-25 at 18:48:43
Similar to the <insert name I can't remeber> cage. The first victim was it's inventor. For 17 years.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Demaris on 2006-05-25 at 23:55:28
Odysseus' son overthrew Perillos?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2006-05-25 at 23:59:35
Ya, the thing about the greeks, they never died of old age.
That must have been som intense brasswork, but I cannot commend such a horrible contratpion. (Unless of course, they could fit a bull inside the brazen bull, and cook it whole, that would be kinda cool.)
That must have been som intense brasswork, but I cannot commend such a horrible contratpion. (Unless of course, they could fit a bull inside the brazen bull, and cook it whole, that would be kinda cool.)
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mr.Camo on 2006-05-27 at 13:07:35
That's hot! </paris hilton>