Why is the haruspex eyeballing the sheep's liver?
为什么肠卜师目不转睛地打量那绵羊的肝脏呢?
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Haruspices
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Why is the haruspex eyeballing the sheep's liver? 为什么肠卜师目不转睛地打量那绵羊的肝脏呢?
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Haruspex(重定向自Haruspices)
![]() ![]() In the religion of Ancient Rome, a haruspex (plural haruspices; also called aruspex) was a person trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy (haruspicina) the inspection of the entrails (exta), hence also extispicy (extispicium) of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry. The reading of omens specifically from the liver is also known by the Greek term hepatoscopy (also hepatomancy). |
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