1) Ancient Greek theatre
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Sparagmos (σπαραγμός, from sparasso, `tear, rend, pull to pieces`) is an act of rending, tearing apart, or mangling, usually in a Dionysian context. In Dionysian rite as represented in myth and literature, a living animal, or sometimes even a human being, is sacrificed by being dismembered. Sparagmos was frequently followed by omophagia.....
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ritualized tearing apart of a person prior to rebirth or renewal
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