part of a victim offered in burntsacrifice
Ancient Greek word, found 16 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 9.220: Πάτροκλον ὃν ἑταῖρον· ὃ δʼ ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.361: σημανέειν δείξειν τε πόρους ἁλός, εἴ κε θυηλαῖς
Sophocles, Electra 1423: στάζει θυηλῆς Ἄρεος, οὐδʼ ἔχω ψέγειν.