It was an ancestral custom among the Leukadians to fling a criminal from this rock every year at the sacrifice performed in honor of Apollo for the sake of averting evil.
ɪt wʌz ɐn ænsˈɛstɹəl kˈʌstəm ɐmˌʌŋ ðə luːkˈeɪdiənz tə flˈɪŋ ɐ kɹˈɪmɪnəl fɹʌm ðɪs ɹˈɑːk ˈɛvɹi jˈɪɹ æt ðə sˈækɹᵻfˌaɪs pɚfˈɔːɹmd ɪn ˈɑːnɚɹ ʌv ɐpˈɑːloʊ fɚðə sˈeɪk ʌv ɐvˈɜːɾɪŋ ˈiːvəl.