Ancient Greece - What was 'Bulls Blood'?
On Monday, November 19, 2001 at 11:11:24 AM UTC-8, Deborah Wright wrote:
> Hi! > > I know this isn't, strictly speaking, about an Historic Food, but I hope > somebody can help me here. > > 'The Histories' by Herodotus (circa 5th century BC Greece) refer to > "drinking bull's blood" as a way to commit suicide. One of the 'Falco' > novels (70's AD Rome) also mentions this. In 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean > Rhys (1830's Jamaica) the Jamaican servant offers strong coffee to her hated > master saying "Taste my bull's blood". > > Since drinking bull's blood generally isn't fatal I take this to be the once > common discription for some kind of poison, the identity of which has since > been forgotten. Does anybody know what bull's blood really was in this > connotation, please? > > The only promising result I had searching the internet was a reference to > Bull's Blood Beetroot - but I rapidly concluded that the only way this could > prove fatal would be if someone swollowed one whole and choked! A less than > noble end.:) > > Thanks, > > Deborah > ******* it's u :) off |
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