Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice

Cambridge

2012

xiv, 209 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

9781107011120

Incomplete contents: 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 Henrich

Sacrifice was a central part of Greek and Roman religion, and this volume explores many aspects of it. The book will be indispensable for scholars in all fields of ancient civilization, for teachers of Classical religion and for all those interested in contemporary interpretation of the Classics

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