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Human sacrifice in ancient Greece / Dennis D. Hughes.

By: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203326652
  • 9780203326657
  • 0203032837
  • 9780203032831
  • 9780415034838
  • 0415034833
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human sacrifice in ancient Greece.DDC classification:
  • 393 20
LOC classification:
  • BL795.H83 H84 1991eb
Other classification:
  • 6,11
  • 6,12
  • 6,15
  • BE 7305
  • FB 4031
  • NH 6850
Online resources:
Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Sacrifice and ritual killing: terminology and types; Archaeological evidence; Funerary ritual killing in Greek literature and history; Human sacrifice in Greek myth, cult, and history; The pharmakos and related rites; Strangers in a strange land: the Locrian maiden tribute; Conclusion; Cut marks and mass burials; Pylos tablet Tn 316; Notes; Bibliography; Index locorum; Subject index.
Summary: In this, the first book length study of the subject for 75 years, the author provides a fascinating examination of archaeological and written evidence for the ritual killing of human beings in ancient Greece.
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-277)-and indexes.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Sacrifice and ritual killing: terminology and types; Archaeological evidence; Funerary ritual killing in Greek literature and history; Human sacrifice in Greek myth, cult, and history; The pharmakos and related rites; Strangers in a strange land: the Locrian maiden tribute; Conclusion; Cut marks and mass burials; Pylos tablet Tn 316; Notes; Bibliography; Index locorum; Subject index.

In this, the first book length study of the subject for 75 years, the author provides a fascinating examination of archaeological and written evidence for the ritual killing of human beings in ancient Greece.

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