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Perillos being forced into the brazen bull that he built for Phalaris
brazen bull (plural brazen bulls)
- An ancient torture device, supposed to have been devised by Perillos of Athens, consisting of a hollow bull fashioned from brass in which victims were imprisoned and burned to death.
- Synonyms: bronze bull, Sicilian bull
ancient torture device consisting of a hollow brass bull where victims were imprisoned and burned to death
- Arabic: ثَوْر بْرُونْزِيّ m (ṯawr brūnziyy)
- Egyptian Arabic: تور نحاسى m (ṭoor nuḥaasi), تور برونزى m (ṭoor broonzi), تور سيسيلى m (ṭoor sisili)
- Danish: messingoksen c
- Dutch: messingen stier m
- Finnish: kuparisonni
- French: taureau d’airain (fr) m, taureau de Phalaris m
- German: sizilianischer Bulle m
- Hebrew: שׁוֹר הַפְּלִיז m (shor ha-pliz), שׁוֹר סִיצִילְיָאנִי m (shor sitzilyáni)
- Italian: toro di Falaride m
- Japanese: ファラリスの雄牛 (ファラリスのおうし, Fararisu no ōshi)
- Korean: 놋쇠 황소 (notsoe hwangso)
- Macedonian: бронзен бик m (bronzen bik), сицилиски бик m (siciliski bik)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: messingoksen m, kobberoksen m, Falaris' okse m
- Persian: گاو برنزی (gâv bronzi), گاو برنجی (gâv berenji), گاو سیسیلیایی (gâv sisilyâyi)
- Polish: byk z brązu m, byk Falarisa m, byk sycylijski m, byk spiżowy m
- Portuguese: touro de bronze m, touro de Fálaris m, touro siciliano m
- Russian: бык Фала́рида m (byk Falárida), бык Фала́риса m (byk Falárisa), ме́дный бык m (médnyj byk), сицили́йский бык m (sicilíjskij byk)
- Spanish: toro de Falaris m
- Swedish: mässingstjuren c
- Thai: โคสัมฤทธิ์ (koo sǎm-rít), โคทองเหลือง (koo tɔɔng-lʉ̌ʉang), โคซีชีเลีย (koo Sii-chii-liia)
- Turkish: pirinç boğa, Sicilya boğa, bronz boğa
- Ukrainian: бик Фала́рида m (byk Faláryda), мі́дний бик m (mídnyj byk), перга́мський мі́дний бик m (perhámsʹkyj mídnyj byk), сицилі́йський бик m (sycylíjsʹkyj byk)
- Vietnamese: con bò bằng đồng, con bò đồng, con bò Sicilia
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