Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world / [print]
edited by Sarah Hitch, Ian Rutherford.
- [Place of publication not identified. Cambridge University Press, (c)2020.
- 23 cm
PART I: VICTIMS -- Bare bones: zooarchaeology and Greek sacrifice Venison for Artemis? The problem of deer sacrifice Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg? Some thoughts on bird sacrifices in Ancient Greece Gunnel Ekroth -- Jennifer Larson -- Alexandra Villing PART II: PROCEDURE -- Reflections on sacrifice and purification in the Greek world "Polis religion" and sacrificial regulation Meaty perks: Epichoric and topological trends Stella Georgoudi -- Fred Naiden -- Jan-Mathieu Carbon PART III: REPRESENTATION -- Sacrifice and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes 112-41 Visualising veneration: Images of animal sacrifice on Greek votive reliefs Sacrifice in drama: The flow of liquids Oliver Thomas -- Anja Klockner -- Richard Seaford PART IV: MARGINS -- Animal sacrifice in Hittite Anatolia The reception of Egyptian animal sacrifice in Greek writers: Ethnic stereotyping or transcultural discourse? Ian Rutherford -- A quiet slaughter? Julian and the etiquette of public sacrifice Alice Mouton -- Swergio Knipe