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Author Newmyer, Stephen T. (Stephen Thomas)

Title Animals in Greek and Roman thought : a sourcebook / Stephen T. Newmyer
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 130 pages)
Series Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world
Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world.
Contents The intellect of animals? : rational or irrational? -- Human-animal kinship -- Animal behaviors -- Animals as moral beings -- Animals as offerings : hunting and sacrifice -- Animals as sport : the arena -- Animals as food : vegetarianism and its opponents -- Animals as friends ; kindness to animals
Summary Animals in Greek and Roman Thought brings together new translations of classical passages which contributed to ancient debate on the nature of animals and their relationship to human beings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Animals -- Greece -- History
Animals -- Rome -- History
Animal rights -- History
Human-animal relationships -- History
Animal rights.
Animal Rights
NATURE -- Animal Rights.
Animal rights
Animals
Human-animal relationships
animal -- littérature grecque antique -- anthologie.
animal -- pensée -- Grèce antique -- document.
animal -- pensée -- Rome -- document.
animal -- littérature latine -- anthologie.
Djur -- historia -- antiken.
Djurrätt -- historia -- antiken.
Djur och människor -- historia -- antiken.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203839157
0203839153