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days; but, if you take a look at an older dictionary, you'll see that I'm right about this.

Ancient historians Apion, Democritus and Posidonius described instances of Jewish ritual murder. In 168 BC, an intended victim, not a child, was discovered at the Jewish Temple, which Apion reported.  Jewish historian Flavius Josephus reiterated Apion's research, though Jospehus disagreed with Apion's findings, which was translated and published by H. Thackeray in his book Josephus.  Thackeray reported:

"... Antiochus found in the temple a couch, on which a man was reclining…. The king's entry was instantly hailed by him with adoration, as about to procure him profound relief; falling at the king's knees, he stretched out his right hand and implored him to set him free. The king reassured him and bade him tell him who he was, why he was living there, what was the meaning of this abundant fare. Thereupon, with sighs and tears, the man, in a pitiful tone, told the tale of his distress. He said he was a Greek and that, while traveling about the province for his livelihood, he was suddenly kidnapped by men of a foreign race and conveyed to the temple; there he was shut up and seen by nobody…. Finally, on consulting the attendants who waited upon him, he heard of the one unutterable law of the Jews…. The practice was repeated annually at a fixed season. They would kidnap a Greek foreigner…, and then convey him to [the