Flaying, also known colloquially as skinning, was a method of slow and painful execution in which skin is removed from the body.
We have several sources of ancient Greek where historians tell us about this custom in Persia. Here are three of them …
Cetesias FGrH 3c, 688 F 9.6
Flaying
We have several sources of ancient Greek where historians tell us about this custom in Persia. Here are three of them …
Cetesias FGrH 3c, 688 F 9.6
Ἔτι διαλαμβάνει ὡς ἀποστέλλει Κῦρος ἐν Περσίδι Πετησάκαν τὸν εὐνοῦχον, μέγα παρ´ αὐτῷ δυνάμενον, ἐνέγκαι ἀπὸ Βαρκανίων Ἀστυΐγαν· ἐπόθει γὰρ αὐτός τε καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ Ἀμύτις τὸν πατέρα...
Flaying