Note 120 — Chapter V · RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF HOMICIDE IN EARLY GREECE
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Cf. Deuteronomy xxi. 1-9. In the case of homicide by a person unknown, the Elders and Judges go to the nearest city and taking a heifer they kill it, and all the Elders of the city wash their hands over the heifer, saying ‘We know not the slayer.’