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Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world / edited by Sarah Hitch, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Ian Rutherford, University of Reading.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal sacrifice--Greece--History.
- Animal sacrifice.
- Ritual--Greece--History.
- Ritual.
- Social archaeology.
- Animal remains (Archaeology).
- History.
- Greece--Religious life and customs.
- Greece.
- Animal remains (Archaeology)--Greece.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Greece--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Social archaeology--Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 340 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction / Ian Rutherford and Sarah Hitch
- Part I. Victims
- Bare Bones : Zooarchaeology and Greek Sacrifice / Gunnel Ekroth
- Venison for Artemis? : The Problem of Deer Sacrifice / Jennifer Larson
- Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg? : Some thoughts on bird sacrifices in ancient Greece / Alexandra Villing
- Part II. Procedure
- Reflections on Sacrifice and Purification in the Greek World / Stella Georgoudi
- "Polis Religion" and Sacrificial Regulation / Fred Naiden
- Meaty Perks : Epichoric and Topological Trends / Mathieu Carbon
- Part III. Representation
- Sacrifice and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes 112-41 / Oliver Thomas
- Visualising Veneration : Images of Animal Sacrifice on Greek Votive Reliefs / Anja Klockner
- Sacrifice in Drama : The Flow of Liquids / Richard Seaford
- Part IV. Margins
- Animal Sacrifice in Hittite Anatolia / Alice Mouton
- The Reception of Egyptian Animal Sacrifice in Greek Writers / Ian Rutherford
- A Quiet Slaughter? : Julian and the Etiquette of Public Sacrifice / Sergio Knipe.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781139017886
- 1139017888
- Publisher Number:
- 40027488270
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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