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On the Theophania

Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. Lee, 1843

For, the Phœnicians annually sacrificed (some of) their friends, and their only children …

For, the Phœnicians annually sacrificed (some of) their friends, and their only children to Saturn! To the same again, was a man also sacrificed in Rhodes on the sixth of the month Conun (March)! This same custom too greatly obtained, and was thus changed: They kept one of those, who had been publicly condemned to death, until the feast of Saturn; and, when the feast arrived, they brought the man out beyond the gate, over against the Image of Aristobule (Diana): they then gave him wine, and put him to death.

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