Assertion: rack | /r/CapableOf | gain confession
Facets:
value: from herostratus
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The Greeks may have first used the rack as a means of torturing slaves and non-citizens, and later in special cases, as in 356 BC, when it was applied to gain a confession from Herostratus, who was later executed for burning down the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.