| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1986. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-277)-and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human sacrifice -- Greece.
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Human sacrifice. |
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Greece. |
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Greece -- Religion.
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Religion. |
| Indexed Term |
Humans Sacrifices History |
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Greece |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hughes, Dennis D., 1951- Human sacrifice in ancient Greece. London ; New York : Routledge, 1991 0415034833 (DLC) 90046761 (OCoLC)24321703 |
| ISBN |
0203326652 (electronic book) |
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9780203326657 (electronic book) |
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0203032837 (electronic book) |
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9780203032831 (electronic book) |
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9780415034838 |
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0415034833 |
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