person
Phalaris
Tyrant of Acragas who roasted victims alive in a bronze bull, beginning with its maker Perillus.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §1.19 Phalaris
Tyrant of Acragas who roasted victims in a brazen bull, beginning with its maker.
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.9 roasted the inventor
Phalaris of Acragas, who tested the brazen bull on its maker Perillus, roasting the inventor in his own device; the type of refined cruelty.
- Ibis §13 Phalaris
The tyrant of Acragas who roasted victims in Perillus' bronze bull and was finally killed in it himself.
- Sorrows §3.11 Phalaris
The tyrant of Acragas who roasted victims in a bronze bull — and first roasted its maker, Perillus.