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Flaubert's novel about ancient Carthage is referenced multiple times throughout the episode. Extended passages are quoted describing the character Hamilcar and the Libyan mercenary Matho, including the graphic torture scene at the novel's climax. One host mentions studying it at university.

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The episode opens with a passage from this 1862 novel about ancient Carthage, describing child sacrifice to Moloch. Explicitly identified as a book by the author of Madame Bovary.

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Mentioned for comparison when discussing Salambo, noting how different the two books are from each other.

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Referenced when discussing D'Annunzio's use of the word 'holocaust' - Lucy explains he was 'taking it from his reading of Flaubert's Salambo in which there is a holocaust a human sacrifice and a holocaust is a kind of sacrifice in which the sacrificial victim is entirely consumed.'

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Referenced during discussion of child sacrifice and Moloch. Tom asks if Dominic has read this novel, which contains a scene depicting child sacrifice in Carthage during a war with mercenaries after the first Punic War.