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1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Proceedings of a conference, "The Centrality of Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Religion: Ancient Reality or Modern Construct?", held April 2008 at the Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; GREEK AND ROMAN ANIMAL SACRIFICE; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Note on the contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: Modern historiography; CHAPTER 1: From Bergaigne to Meuli: How animal sacrifice became a hot topic; I; II; III; IV; CHAPTER 2: One generation after Burkert and Girard: Where are the great theories?; RENÉ GIRARD; WALTER BURKERT; CONVERGING GRANDES THÉORIES; VERNANT; WHERE ARE THESE THEORIES NOW?; CONLUSION; PART II: Greek and Roman practice; CHAPTER 3: Blessèd are the parasites; CHAPTER 4: Roman animal sacrifice and the system of being. |
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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 -- Blèssed 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 late Roman art / Jaś Elsner -- Animal sacrifice in comedy: an alternative point of view / James Redfield -- Animal sacrifice in Greek tragedy: ritual, metaphor, problematizations / Albert Henrichs. |
| Summary |
First general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Animal sacrifice -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Animal sacrifice. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Animal sacrifice -- Rome -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Divination -- Greece -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Divination. |
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Divination -- Rome -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses.
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Greece -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses.
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Rome -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Faraone, Christopher A.
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Naiden, F. S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greek and Roman animal sacrifice. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge UP, 2012 9781107011120 (DLC) 2011279382 (OCoLC)759915012 |
| ISBN |
9781139336826 (electronic book) |
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1139336827 (electronic book) |
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9780511894602 (electronic book) |
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0511894600 (electronic book) |
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9781139338561 |
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1139338560 |
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9781107011120 (hardback) |
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1107011124 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786613571953 |
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