Busiris

Mythological Egyptian king who used to slaughter and sacrifice his guests. Cited in Virgil's Georgics as "unsung Busiris" as an example of litotes.

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — "Unsung Busiris" -- most wicked; used to slaughter his guests

  "the altars of unsung Busiris"