Animals In Ancient Greek Religion
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Animals In Ancient Greek Religion
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Author : Julia Kindt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-29
Animals In Ancient Greek Religion written by Julia Kindt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-29 with Education categories.
This book provides the first systematic study of the role of animals in different areas of the ancient Greek religious experience, including in myth and ritual, the literary and the material evidence, the real and the imaginary. An international team of renowned contributors shows that animals had a sustained presence not only in the traditionally well-researched cultural practice of blood sacrifice but across the full spectrum of ancient Greek religious beliefs and practices. Animals played a role in divination, epiphany, ritual healing, the setting up of dedications, the writing of binding spells, and the instigation of other ‘magical’ means. Taken together, the individual contributions to this book illustrate that ancient Greek religion constituted a triangular symbolic system encompassing not just gods and humans, but also animals as a third player and point of reference. Animals in Ancient Greek Religion will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek religion, Greek myth, and ancient religion more broadly, as well as for anyone interested in human/animal relations in the ancient world.
Animals In Greek And Roman Religion And Myth
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Author : Patricia A. Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-17
Animals In Greek And Roman Religion And Myth written by Patricia A. Johnston and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-17 with History categories.
This volume brings together a variety of approaches to the different ways in which the role of animals was understood in ancient Greco-Roman myth and religion, across a period of several centuries, from Preclassical Greece to Late Antique Rome. Animals in Greco-Roman antiquity were thought to be intermediaries between men and gods, and they played a pivotal role in sacrificial rituals and divination, the foundations of pagan religion. The studies in the first part of the volume examine the role of the animals in sacrifice and divination. The second part explores the similarities between animals, on the one hand, and men and gods, on the other. Indeed, in antiquity, the behaviour of several animals was perceived to mirror human behaviour, while the selection of the various animals as sacrificial victims to specific deities often was determined on account of some peculiar habit that echoed a special attribute of the particular deity. The last part of this volume is devoted to the study of animal metamorphosis, and to this end a number of myths that associate various animals with transformation are examined from a variety of perspectives.
Mixanthr Poi
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Author : Emma Aston
language : en
Publisher: Presses Universitaires Liège
Release Date : 2011
Mixanthr Poi written by Emma Aston and has been published by Presses Universitaires Liège this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Animals categories.
"Many of the beings in this book - Cheiron, Pan, Acheloos, the Sirens and others - will be familiar from the narratives of Greek mythology, in which fabulous anatomies abound. However, they have never previously been studied together from a religious perspective, as recipients of cult and as members of the ancient pantheon. This book is the first major treatment of the use of part-animal - mixanthropic - form in the representation and visual imagination of Greek gods and goddesses, and of its significance with regard to divine character and function. What did it mean to depict deities in a form so strongly associated in the ancient imagination with monstrous adversaries? How did iconography, myth and ritual interact in particular sites of worship? Drawing together literary and visual material, this study establishes the themes dominant in the worship of divine mixanthropes, and argues that, so far from being insignificant curiosities, they make possible a greater understanding of the fabric of ancient religious practice, in particular the tense and challenging relationship between divinity and visual representation."--Publisher's website.
Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion Judaism And Christianity 100 Bc To Ad 200
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Author : Maria-Zoe Petropoulou
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-03-06
Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion Judaism And Christianity 100 Bc To Ad 200 written by Maria-Zoe Petropoulou and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-06 with History categories.
A study of animal sacrifice within Greek paganism, Judaism, and Christianity during the period of their interaction between about 100 BC and AD 200. After a vivid account of the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple (up to AD 70), Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards this practice. Contrary to other studies in this area, she demonstrates that the process by which Christianity finally separated its own cultic code from the strong tradition of animal sacrifice was a slow and difficult one. Petropoulou places special emphasis on the fact that Christians gave completely new meanings to the term `sacrifice'. She also explores the question why, if animal sacrifice was of prime importance in the eastern Mediterranean at this time, Christians should ultimately have rejected it.
Animals Gods And Humans
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Author : Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-09-27
Animals Gods And Humans written by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-27 with History categories.
Consulting a wide range of key texts and source material, Animals, Gods and Humans covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Both the pagan and Christian conceptions of animals are rich and multilayered, and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus expertly examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals. Including study of: biographies of figures such as Apollonus of Tyana; natural history; the New Testament via Gnostic texts; the church fathers; and from pagan and Christian criticism of animal sacrifice, to the acts of martyrs, the source material and detailed analysis included in this volume make it a veritable feast of information for all classicists.
Animal Sacrifice In The Ancient Greek World
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Author : Sarah Hitch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-08-24
Animal Sacrifice In The Ancient Greek World written by Sarah Hitch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-24 with History categories.
Experts in Greek language, literature and material culture re-examine the role of animal sacrifice in Greek life across the Mediterranean.
Greek And Roman Animal Sacrifice
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Author : Christopher A. Faraone
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-03-22
Greek And Roman Animal Sacrifice written by Christopher A. Faraone and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-22 with History categories.
The first general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne.
Monsters And Animals In Ancient Culture And Religion
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Author : Siân Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-02-08
Monsters And Animals In Ancient Culture And Religion written by Siân Lewis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-08 with categories.
Non-human and near-human creatures inhabited art, myth and scripture across ancient Mediterranean cultures. This volume assembles a truly interdisciplinary collection of contributions: some treat scriptural texts and some focus on art; some treat individual creatures (the snake, the horse, the crocodile), while others consider animals across the whole of a religious structure. All, however, trace the influence of ideas across Mediterranean cultures, demonstrating diffusion through contact, cultural influence and common patterns of thought. The contributions are presented in four sections: the first asks what makes an animal sacred, looking at both religious practice and written texts; the second section explores the idea of hybridity, drawing on visual material and exploring the boundaries between animal, monster and human in Greek and Near Eastern religious thought; the third section looks at the topic of the monster in more detail, tackling questions of definition and explaining the role of monstrosity in religious thought, in the Mesopotamian, Assyrian and Greek traditions. The final section collects five synoptic studies of the animal and the monstrous across the Zoroastrian, Biblical, Christian, classical and Quranic traditions.
Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion Judaism And Christianity 100 Bc To Ad 200
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Author : M.-Z. Petropoulou
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2008-03-06
Animal Sacrifice In Ancient Greek Religion Judaism And Christianity 100 Bc To Ad 200 written by M.-Z. Petropoulou and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-06 with History categories.
A study of animal sacrifice within Greek paganism, Judaism, and Christianity between 100 BC and AD 200. After a vivid account of the realities of sacrifice in the Greek East and in the Jerusalem Temple, Maria-Zoe Petropoulou explores the attitudes of early Christians towards this practice, and the reasons why they ultimately rejected it.
Hier Kal
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Author : Folkert T. Van Straten
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1995
Hier Kal written by Folkert T. Van Straten and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Religion categories.
This volume deals with the depictions of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece, full catalogues of which are included. The relevant aspects of Greek sacrifice are studied on the basis of an analysis and interpretation of these representations, combined with the pertinent textual data.