Cruelty and sentimentality : Greek attitudes to animals, 600-300 BC / Louise Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calder, Louise, 1967-

Series:

BAR international series ; 2225.

Studies in classical archaeology ; 5.

BAR international series ; 2225

Studies in classical archaeology ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals and civilization--Greece.

Animals and civilization.

Animals in art.

Domestic animals--Greece--History.

Domestic animals.

Domestic animals--Social aspects.

Human-animal relationships--Greece.

Human-animal relationships.

History.

Greece--Civilization.

Greece.

Civilization.

Greece--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

x, 227 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress : Available from Hadrian Books, 2011.

Summary:

Published by the Beazley Archive in association with Archaeopress (publishers of British Archaeological Reports) this doctoral dissertation (U. of Oxford, UK) is attractively presented on coated stock and includes 20 pages of b&w photos of the objects under consideration (most from the British Museum). Calder (classical archaeology, Wolfson College, Oxford) explains in her preface that much of the study is based on figure-painted pottery (although other items such as coins and seals, reliefs, and sculpture are considered), and most is Athenian. Her investigation is concerned with "...relationships between human and animal well-being..." and is intended to "...supplement the Greek social history of human-animal relationships, by including the more mundane social spheres, and species." Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Animals in human space

Sheep and goats

Draught and burden animals

Friend or foe? : Pests and animal allies

Pet and image

Philosophy, ethics, morality, and the treatment of animals

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-163) and index.

ISBN:

9781407307831

1407307835

9781903767146

1903767148

OCLC:

729577317