If it were true, such actions today would fall under severe criminal liability, perhaps akin to modern-day war crimes or international medical abuse cases.
Although, they did say that ‘there’s probably some grain of truth in it somewhere’. As history continues to provide no solid ground for it, ‘we simply don’t know how true.
It is’ — not unlike evaluating ancient diagnostic practices or maternal healthcare complications with no concrete records.
Then, a biology major from Princeton wrote on Quora: “No. It was fictional. It was supposedly made for Phalaris the tyrant of Akragas, Sicily in 488 BC.
The tale came to us via Diodorus Siculus, writing 500 years later in I century AD. Diodorus was notorious for presenting mythology and fiction as fact.”
A history student went on to add: “The only evidence comes from writings of Greek historians. There’s no archaeological evidence to support its existence. Whether it actually existed or not is a subject of debate among historians.”
