"The inventor of the Brazen Bull, Perilaus (or, Perillos), sought to devise a method of torture so cruel it would prevent crime. He came up with a hollow bronze bull with a door in the side. Victims were placed in the bull, which was then put over a fire. The victim slowly cooked, and his or her screams were converted, via an acoustic device, into the sounds of a bull.
Quite proud of himself, Perilaus presented his device, also known as the Sicilian Bull, to Phalaris, the tyrannical leader of Akragas in the mid-6th century BCE, a city in what is now Sicily. As the story goes, cruel though he was, Phalaris was appalled by the device, and used it to kill its maker."
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