Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth"A milestone, not only in the field of classics but in the wider field of the history of religion. . . . It will find a place alongside the works of Jane Ellen Harrison, Sir James George Frazer, Claude Levi-Strauss, and van Gennep."—Wendy Flaherty, Divinity School, University of Chicago "This book is a professional classic, an absolute must for any serious student of Greek religion."—Albert Henrichs, Harvard University |
Contents
I | xix |
II | 1 |
III | 12 |
V | 22 |
VI | 29 |
VII | 35 |
X | 48 |
XI | 58 |
XXV | 168 |
XXVI | 179 |
XXVII | 185 |
XXVIII | 190 |
XXIX | 196 |
XXX | 204 |
XXXI | 213 |
XXXII | 216 |
XIV | 72 |
XV | 83 |
XVI | 84 |
XVII | 93 |
XVIII | 103 |
XIX | 109 |
XX | 116 |
XXI | 130 |
XXII | 135 |
XXIII | 136 |
XXIV | 161 |
XXXIII | 226 |
XXXIV | 230 |
XXXV | 238 |
XXXVI | 243 |
XXXVII | 248 |
XXXVIII | 256 |
XXXIX | 265 |
XL | 274 |
XLI | 293 |
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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth Walter Burkert Limited preview - 1983 |
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth Walter Burkert Limited preview - 1983 |
Common terms and phrases
Abst Acropolis Aesch aggression altar ancient Anthesteria Aphrodite Apollod Arcadian Argos Aristoph Artemis ARV² Athenian Athens attested Attic bull Buphonia Burkert Callim Çatal Hüyük celebrated Choes pitchers Chytroi Clem Cook cult custom daughter dead death Delphi Demeter depicted Deubner Diod Dionysiac Dionysus Eleusinian Eleusis Epopeus Erechtheus festival FGrHist FGrHist 328 fish funerary goddess gods Greek Hera Herakles Hermes hierophant Hsch human hunting IG II/III² initiation Kerényi killing king Lemnos Lykaia meal Metzger Meuli Mount Lykaion Müller-Karpe Mylonas mystai mysteries myth Nilsson Odysseus Olympia Panathenaia Paus Pausanias Pelops Philostr Phrixos Pind Plat Plut Porph Poseidon priest priestess religion rites sacred sacrificed sacrificial animal sacrificial ritual sanctuary Schol sexual SIG³ Skira slaughtered Soph story Strabo symbolic temple Thyestes tion tradition tripod unspeakable sacrifice vase-paintings victim wine women Zeus ἐν καὶ τὰ τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τῶν