hecatombs

• The optimism that resulted from examining the SGs—through the possible recognition of hecatombs, piles of skeletons, because of the relation of calcium to its isotope—was subdued. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
• Excuse me, Bertram I am not worthy to be singled out From such exalted hecatombs--who are they That are in danger, and that make the danger Ber_. —  The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4
• 'Take my thanks for hecatombs, great Jove. —  Ixion In Heaven
• Borne over Ocean's stream Again, to Ćthiopia's land I go Where hecatombs are offer'd to the Gods 260 Which, with the rest, I also wish to share But Peleus' son, earnest, the aid implores Of Boreas and of Zephyrus the loud Vowing large sacrifice if ye will fan Briskly the pile on which Patroclus lies 265 By all Achaia's warriors deep deplored She said, and went. —  The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper
• But wert thou to possess a temple of Apollo the Far- darter; then would all men bring thee hecatombs, gathering to thee, and ever wilt thou have savour of sacrifice from others' hands, albeit thy soil is poor Thus spoke she, and Delos was glad and answered her saying Leto, daughter most renowned of mighty Coeus, right gladly would I welcome the birth of the Archer Prince, for verily of me there goes an evil report among men, and thus would I wax mightiest of renown. —  The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological

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