Euthymus the boxer comes across a weird ritual of human sacrifice at the coastal town of Temesa - why do the locals sacrifice a maiden to a monster every year? Based on Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.6.7-11, this story is followed by a discussion of Greek history and folklore including human sacrifice in ancient Greece, the ancient Olympic Games, and the Delphic Oracle.
Content warning: brief references to sexual assault.
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The Story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Story of Erichtho’s Necromantic Rite
The Story of the Female Spirits
The Story of White Island
The Story of Brutus’ Spirit, from Plutarch
The Story of Caligula
The Story of Herlequin‘s Hunt, from Orderic Vitalis
The Story of Augustus‘ Nursery, from Suetonius
The Story of Old Hamlet, from Shakespeare
The Story of Cynthia, from Propertius
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