The Cattle of the Sun : Cows and Culture in the World of the Ancient Greeks /

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Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life, through religious sacrifice and dietary consumption. Cattle were also pivotal in mythology: gods and heroes stole cattle, expected sacrifices of cattle, and punished those who failed to provide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McInerney, Jeremy, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pastoral systems
National characteristics, Greek
Fasts and feasts
Economic history
Cattle trade
Cattle > Religious aspects
Cattle
Animal sacrifice
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Grecs > Histoire.
Sacrifice d'animaux > Grece > Histoire.
Pastoralisme > Grece > Histoire.
National characteristics, Greek > History.
Cattle trade > Greece > History.
Fasts and feasts > Greece > History.
Animal sacrifice > Greece > History.
Cattle > Greece > Religious aspects > History.
Pastoral systems > Greece > History.
Cattle > Greece > History.
Greece
Grece > Conditions economiques > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Grece > Histoire > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Greece > Economic conditions > To 146 B.C.
Greece > Religious life and customs.
Greece > History > To 146 B.C.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cattle habits
  • The paradoxes of pastoralism
  • Cattle systems in Bronze Age Greece
  • Epic consumption
  • Heroes and gods
  • Gods, cattle, and space
  • Sacred economics
  • Cities and cattle business
  • Sacred law
  • Authority and value
  • Conclusions.

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