The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks / Jeremy McInerney.
The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks / Jeremy McInerney.
The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks / Jeremy McInerney.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
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N636.20938/1
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English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Physical content
xvii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Cattle habits -- The paradoxes of pastoralism -- Cattle systems in Bronze Age Greece -- Epic consumption -- Heroes and gods -- Gods, cattle, and space -- Sacred economics -- Cities and cattle business -- Sacred law -- Authority and value -- Conclusions.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c2010.
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The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks / Jeremy McInerney.
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Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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N636.20938/1
Record Identifier
74VKP0KMBDvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKP0KMBDvO
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ISBN
0691140073 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691140070 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
636.20938
MMS ID
991019754309702626
