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Phalaris (făl`ərĭs), c.570–c.554 B.C., tyrant of Agrigentum, Sicily, notorious for his cruelties. He burned his victims alive in a brazen bull (making his first experiment upon Perillus, its inventor), the cries representing the bellowing of the bull. Richard Bentley Bentley, Richard, 1662–1742, English critic and philologist. Generally considered the greatest of English classical scholars, he was largely responsible for raising standards of textual criticism in the work of his many followers. ..... Click the link for more information. proved the forgery of 148 Greek letters signed by Phalaris that represented him as a gentle ruler and a patron of the arts. |
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