slaughter of the Magians
slaughter of the Magians, a Persian festival, Hdt. 3.79:—also μαγο-φονία, ἡ, ἑορτὴ τῆς μ. Ctes. Fr. 29.15.
The corpus record
μᾰγοφόνια
magophonia · τά
slaughter of the Magians
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Where it lives
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- μαγοφόνια · magophonia Herodotus, Histories 3.79.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3480)
Where it came from
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