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  • This is the proper meaning of the terms taurobolium and criobolium ([Greek: taurobolion, kriobolion.]), which had long been enigmas, [34] and which denoted the act of catching a steer or a ram by means of a hurled weapon, probably the thong of a lasso.

    The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont

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