Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
Arioch, the captain of the king's guard (literally, the chief slaughterer or cook). For as the cook slays all animals and cooks them, of a similar nature was his occupation. And the rulers of the world slay men, butchering them like brute beasts.
