Greek and Roman animal sacrifice : ancient victims, modern observers / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and F.S. Naiden
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Descript
xiv, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
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 -- Blessed are the parasites / F.S. Naiden -- Roman animal sacrifice and the system of being / John Scheid -- Sacrificing stones: on some sculpture, mostly Athenian / Richard Neer -- Sacrifice in Roman art / Jaś Elsner -- Animal sacrifice in comedy: an alternative point of view / James Redfield -- Animal sacrifice in Greek tragedy: ritual, metaphor, problematizations / Albert Henrichs
SUBJECT
Animal sacrifice -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
Animal sacrifice -- Rome -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
Divination -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
Divination -- Rome -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
Greece -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses