[Verginius Rufus]

Puppies were consumed in ritual dinners in ancient Sardis (the capital of Lydia until it was conquered by Cyrus the Great).

See Crawford H. Greenewalt, Ritual Dinner in Early Historic Sardis (University of California Press). Greenewalt cites an older book by H. Scholz, Der Hund in der griechisch-roemischen Magie und Religion, which I have not seen. Greenewalt also cites Isaiah 66.3, which seems to refer to some kind of ritual killing of dogs.

[Salamander]

BLEAH!

Don’t wanna read ~that~.

:-\