Scaphism
Scaphism, also known as the boats, is an alleged ancient Persian method of execution. It entailed trapping the victim between two boats, feeding and covering them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester. The practice is considered to be a purely literary invention of the Ancient Greek literature as it has never been attested in Ancient Persia.
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Scaphism, also known as the boats, is an alleged ancient Persian method of execution. It entailed trapping the victim between two boats, feeding and covering them with milk and honey, and allowing them to fester and be devoured by insects and other vermin over time. The practice is considered to be a purely literary invention of the Ancient Greek literature as it has never been attested in Ancient Persia.
The primary source is Plutarch’s Life of Artaxerxes, where he attributes the story to Ctesias, a notoriously suspect source. The 12th-century Byzantine chronicler Joannes Zonaras later described the punishment. The Persians outvie all other barbarians in the horrid cruelty of their punishments, employing tortures that are peculiarly terrible and long-drawn.
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