What is Brazen bull?
The '''Brazen bull''', '''bronze bull''' or '''Sicillian bull''', or occasionally '''Bull of Phalaris''' was an apparatus, shaped like a [[bull]] used to cook people alive. The bull is said to have been invented by Perilaus of [[Athens]] to please the [[tyrant]] of [[Sicily]], [[Phalaris]], although the inventor was the first it was used on. The bull is said to have had a door to one side, through which the condemned would be shoved and then locked in. A [[fire]] would be lit under the bull and the victim was roasted alive as the metal was heated. A special system of [[pipe]]s in the head of the bull acoustically converted the screams of victims into the sounds of an actual bull. Some [[scholar]]s and [[historian]]s question whether the Brazen bull even existed or was simply made up as a form of [[propaganda]]. [[Category:Capital punishment]]