Citations:alectoromachy
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English citations of alectoromachy
error for alectoromancy
[edit]- 1947, Nancy Price, Wonder of wings, page 39:
- "I think you told me that cocks were also used in the art of augury."
"That is so, madam. Alectoromachy was continually practised in Rome. This consisted in taking a white cock deprived of its claws and setting it within a circle of grain beneath which the letters of the alphabet were hidden. The cock was allowed to peck at will and the letters it exposed were noted down.