Assertion: basilisk | /r/HasProperty | depicted as venomous snake
Facets:
value: originally
type: TEMPORAL
value: horribly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Originally (i.e., in the Roman Empire and the early Middle Ages), the basilisk was depicted as a horribly venomous snake, while the cockatrice, which first shows up in medieval England, was a chicken-reptile chimera that turned people to stone with its gaze.