β474Βουφόνια
Bouphonia, Ox-slaying
A very ancient festival among [the] Athenians. For in the Diipolieia they say that an ox ate a round cake that was prepared for the sacrifice, but a certain Thaulôn, as it stands, slew the ox with an axe, as Androtion…
Βουφόνια· ἑορτὴ παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις πάνυ ἀρχαία. ἐν γὰρ τοῖς Διϊπολείοις φασὶ τὸν βοῦν τὸ πόπανον φαγεῖν τὸ παρεσκευασμένον εἰς τὴν θυσίαν, Θαύλωνα δέ τινα, ὡς εἶχε, τῷ πελέκει…