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Phalaris

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A tyrant of Agrigentum, in Sicily, in the 6th century, who is said, among other cruelties, to have roasted the victims of his tyranny in a brazen bull which bears his name; the "Letters of Phalaris," at one time ascribed to him, have been proved to be spurious.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Phalaris'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/phalaris.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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