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4 entries for having made a libation

β457Βοῦς ἕβδομοςseventh ox… pig, ram, ox, bird, goose -- a seventh, the one [made] from dough, was sacrificed; and on account of its being lifeless, it was adapted into a proverb. An epigram to an ox and …Matched in translationhighmedium
β458Βοῦς ἕβδομοςseventh oxOne having pastry horns in imitation of the first phase moon. They used to call this an ox and set it up as the seventh, because this seventh used to be one of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
β55Βακχεία ποιμαντικήBacchic herdsmanship… penance for killing Icarius, who introduced wine to Athens and made them drunk). Dionysus is addressed in Nonnus, Dionysiaca as "Shepherd who enchants or delights men" (16.336, 38.105), in much the same way as …Matched in noteshighshort
β587ΒύβλονByblian… or its component parts; the papyrus sheets, rolls and books made from it; and the writings thereon, especially sacred ones -- ultimately, indeed, "the Bible" (through bybl-/bibl- assimilation). [2] Aelian fr. 44f Domingo-Forasté (41 …Matched in noteshighmedium