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Greek and Roman animal sacrifice : ancient victims, modern observers /

First general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Faraone, Christopher A., Naiden, F. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Modern historiography
  • From Bergaigne to Meuli : how animal sacrifice became a hot topic / Bruce Lincoln
  • One generation after Burkert and Girard : where are the great theories? / Fritz Graf
  • Part II. Greek and Roman practice
  • Blessèd are the parasites / F.S. Naiden ; Roman animal sacrifice and the system of being / John Scheid
  • Part III. Visual representations
  • Sacrificing stones : on some sculpture, mostly Athenian / Richard Neer
  • Sacrifice in late Roman art / Jaś Elsner
  • Part IV. Literary representations
  • Animal sacrifice in comedy : an alternative point of view / James Redfield
  • Animal sacrifice in Greek tragedy : ritual, metaphor, problematizations / Albert Henrichs
  • Afterword / Clifford Ando.