Greek and Roman animal sacrifice [electronic resource] : ancient victims, modern observers / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and F.S. Naiden.
Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge UP, 2012.Description: 1 online resource : illISBN:- 9781139336826 (electronic bk.)
- 1139336827 (electronic bk.)
- 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
- Rome -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
- RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology
- 292.34 23
- BL795.S25
Proceedings of a conference held Apr. 2008 at the Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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