The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks /
Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life, through religious sacrifice and dietary consumption. Cattle were also pivotal in mythology: gods and heroes stole cattle, expected sacrifices of cattle, and punished those who failed to provide...
Основен автор: | McInerney, Jeremy, 1958- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English Ancient Greek |
Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
℗♭2010.
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Print version::
Cattle of the sun. |
Съдържание:
- 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.