Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods

Smoke signals for the gods : ancient Greek sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman periods / F.S. Naiden.

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....

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Main Author: Naiden, F. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Animal sacrifice > Greece.
Animal sacrifice > Rome.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
Animal sacrifice
Religion
Tieropfer
Djuroffer > historia > Romerska riket > antiken.
Djuroffer > historia > Grekland > antiken.
Religion > Grekland.
Religion > Romerska riket.
Greece > Religion.
Rome > Religion.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Griechenland > Altertum
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Table of 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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