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    Walter Burkert theorized that Greek sacrifices originated from hunting practices, where hunters felt guilty for killing animals and developed rituals to repudiate responsibility. He cites evidence from the Dipolieia festival in Athens where an ox was sacrificed, and the killer eased their conscience by having everyone participate, helping the ritual expand. As Athens grew, more oxen were sacrificed at state festivals to feed people, with the hecatomb becoming the designation for large state sacrifices of hundreds of oxen.

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    Walter Burkert theorized that Greek sacrifices originated from hunting practices, where hunters felt guilty for killing animals and developed rituals to repudiate responsibility. He cites evidence from the Dipolieia festival in Athens where an ox was sacrificed, and the killer eased their conscience by having everyone participate, helping the ritual expand. As Athens grew, more oxen were sacrificed at state festivals to feed people, with the hecatomb becoming the designation for large state sacrifices of hundreds of oxen.

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    Walter Burkert theory on origins of Greek sacrifice

    According to Walter Burkert, a scholar of sacrifice, Greek sacrifices derived from hunting practices. Hunters, feeling guilty for having killed another living being so they could eat and survive, tried to repudiate their responsibility in these rituals. The primary evidence used to suggest this theory is the Dipolieia, which is an Athenian festival, in limited circulation, during which an ox was sacrificed. The protagonist of the ritual was a plough ox, which it had, at one point, been a crime to kill in Athens. According to his theory, the killer of the ox eased his conscience by suggesting that everybody should participate in the killing of the sacrificial victim. In the expansion of the Athenian state, numerous oxen were needed to feed the people at the banquets and were accompanied by state festivals. The hecatomb (hundred oxen) became the general designation for the great sacrifices offered by the state. These sacrificial processions of hundreds of oxen remove the original ties, which the farmers of an earlier and smaller Athens will have felt with their one ox.

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