theputridsmellofmyrottenvoid: “ The brazen bull, bronze bull, or Sicilian bull, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. Its inventor, metal worker Perillos of Athens, proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a...
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The brazen bull, bronze bull, or Sicilian bull, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. Its inventor, metal worker Perillos of Athens, proposed it to Phalaris, the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily, as a new means of executing criminals. The bull was made entirely of bronze, hollow, with a door in one side. The condemned was locked in the bull, and a fire was set under it, heating the metal until it became yellow-hot and causing the person inside to roast to death.

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    Yes, the inventor was the one who tested it. Phalaris was basically a douche and made him do it.
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    I’m p sure they also went to great lengths forming the nostrils just right so that the screams of the condemned sounded...
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    Oh man, there was one of these in Amnesia. Rad.
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    I, um I know this is really terrible and things but is it weird to say I’d like a fanfic of it?