Talk:Hecatomb

The Entire Thing
... is totally how worship should go these days. I might not be an atheist if worshipping consisted of steak and beer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.149.70.179 (talk) 02:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hecatomb was used to describe the collateral damage to stocks and professional effort during a market crash. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gotcha49 (talk • contribs) 14:13, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure how this works, but the article cites the Odyssey when the quote used is in fact from the first part/chapter of the Iliad, when the pestilence wrought by Apollo is being lifted. You may want to change this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.117.7.78 (talk) 16:50, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

The Spanish version of this article needs to be revised, or maybe substituted. The Spanish definition page has been appropriated by some kind of "movement" by a Colombian photographer created on november 2018. This leaves out the original and most important definition, which is the ancient Greek sacrifice concept. 64.237.229.160 (talk) 01:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)gutierfa

Comparison to Aśvamedha
This is reminiscent of the Vedic aśvamedha horse sacrifice. "It was believed that the performance of 1 such sacrifices would lead to the attainment of the seat or world of Indra, who is, therefore, always represented as trying to prevent the completion of the hundredth sacrifice." (Wisdom Library: wisdomlib.org) Both cultures stem from Proto-Indo-European and both cultures were influenced by each other after Alexander of Macedon's campaigns. Makes one curious if hecatomb & aśvamedha are related—particularly with the raised status the bull and the horse received early in each culture, respectively. 2604:2D80:DE11:1300:C513:F658:45E8:E528 (talk) 13:37, 13 August 2022 (UTC)