Zły byk Falarisa
The Evil Bull of Phalaris

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article interpreted the concept of the bull of Phalaris: 1. Historically: the brazen monster to which a meaningful image of human and, at the same time, inhuman life adhered, left its material imprint in history, as testified by historians, poets, men of letters, painters, and philosophers. 2. Symbolically, with symbols referring to human existence contaminated by evil and suffering. This is the sort of life that is commonly described as turning into torture or the very onset a life within the fiery entrails of the beast. At the same time, the bronze bull is one of the symbolic avatars of evil.

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