Greek and Roman animal sacrifice: ancient victims, modern observers

The interpretation of animal sacrifice, now considered the most important ancient Greek and Roman religious ritual, has long been dominated by the views of Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. No penetrating and general critique of their views has appeared and, in particular,...

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Subtitles:Greek & Roman Animal Sacrifice
Contributors: Faraone, Christopher A. 1955- (Editor) ; Naiden, F. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2012.
In:Year: 2012
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Animal sacrifice
Further subjects:B Congress
B Greece Religious life and customs Congresses
B Animal sacrifice Rome History, To 1500 Congresses
B Divination Rome History, To 1500 Congresses
B Animal sacrifice (Rome) History To 1500 Congresses
B Roman Empire
B Divination (Greece) History To 1500 Congresses
B Animal sacrifice
B Animal sacrifice (Greece) History To 1500 Congresses
B Rome ; Religious life and customs ; Congresses
B Divination Greece History, To 1500 Congresses
B Divination (Rome) History To 1500 Congresses
B Rome Religious life and customs Congresses
B Greece
B Greece Religious life and customs Congresses
B Classical antiquity
B Greece ; Religious life and customs ; Congresses
B Animal sacrifice Greece History, To 1500 Congresses
B Animal sacrifice ; Greece ; History ; To 1500 ; Congresses
B Animal sacrifice ; Rome ; History ; To 1500 ; Congresses
B Divination ; Rome ; History ; To 1500 ; Congresses
B Rome Religious life and customs Congresses
B Divination ; Greece ; History ; To 1500 ; Congresses
B Chicago, Ill
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Summary:The interpretation of animal sacrifice, now considered the most important ancient Greek and Roman religious ritual, has long been dominated by the views of Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. No penetrating and general critique of their views has appeared and, in particular, no critique of the application of these views to Roman religion. Nor has any critique dealt with the use of literary and visual sources by these writers. This book, a collection of essays by leading scholars, incorporates all these subjects and provides a theoretical background for the study of animal sacrifice in an ancient context.
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ISBN:0511894600
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894602