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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.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.