Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. N...
Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. N...
Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
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G 2013/3437
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English
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xv, 421 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Invention of a ritual -- Venues and offerings -- Prayers and answers -- God says no -- Rules, rewards, and experts -- Markets and messes -- Detective story -- Demise of a ritual.
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Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2013.
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Summary
Animal sacrifice has been critical to the study of ancient Mediterranean religions since the eighteenth century. More recently, two leading views on sacrifice have dominated the subject: the psychological approach of Walter Burkert and the sociological one by Jean-Pierre Vernant and Marcel Detienne. These two perspectives have argued that the main...
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Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2013.
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G 2013/3437
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74VKPlo4mgEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPlo4mgEb
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ISBN
0199916403
9780199916405
DDC
292.34
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991019793489702626
