Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illustrations |
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 |
Summary |
First general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne |
Notes |
Proceedings of a conference, "The Centrality of Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Religion: Ancient Reality or Modern Construct?", held April 2008 at the Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Animal sacrifice -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
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Animal sacrifice -- Rome -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
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Divination -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
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Divination -- Rome -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology.
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Animal sacrifice
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Divination
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Greece -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses
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Rome -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses
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Greece
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Rome (Empire)
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Faraone, Christopher A.
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Naiden, F. S.
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ISBN |
9781139336826 |
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1139336827 |
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9780511894602 |
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0511894600 |
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9781139338561 |
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1139338560 |
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1139334271 |
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9781139334273 |
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1107228786 |
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9781107228788 |
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9786613571953 |
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6613571954 |
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1139337696 |
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9781139337694 |
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1139341723 |
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9781139341721 |
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