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The Cuisine Of Sacrifice Among The Greeks


The Cuisine Of Sacrifice Among The Greeks
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Author : Marcel Detienne
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1989

The Cuisine Of Sacrifice Among The Greeks written by Marcel Detienne and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Religion categories.


For the Greeks, the sharing of cooked meats was the fundamental communal act, so that to become vegetarian was a way of refusing society. It follows that the roasting or cooking of meat was a political act, as the division of portions asserted a social order. And the only proper manner of preparing meat for consumption, according to the Greeks, was blood sacrifice. The fundamental myth is that of Prometheus, who introduced sacrifice and, in the process, both joined us to and separated us from the gods—and ambiguous relation that recurs in marriage and in the growing of grain. Thus we can understand why the ascetic man refuses both women and meat, and why Greek women celebrated the festival of grain-giving Demeter with instruments of butchery. The ambiguity coded in the consumption of meat generated a mythology of the "other"—werewolves, Scythians, Ethiopians, and other "monsters." The study of the sacrificial consumption of meat thus leads into exotic territory and to unexpected findings. In The Cuisine of Sacrifice, the contributors—all scholars affiliated with the Center for Comparative Studies of Ancient Societies in Paris—apply methods from structural anthropology, comparative religion, and philology to a diversity of topics: the relation of political power to sacrificial practice; the Promethean myth as the foundation story of sacrificial practice; representations of sacrifice found on Greek vases; the technique and anatomy of sacrifice; the interaction of image, language, and ritual; the position of women in sacrificial custom and the female ritual of the Thesmophoria; the mythical status of wolves in Greece and their relation to the sacrifice of domesticated animals; the role and significance of food-related ritual in Homer and Hesiod; ancient Greek perceptions of Scythian sacrificial rites; and remnants of sacrificial ritual in modern Greek practices.



The Cuisine Of Sacrifice Among The Greeks


The Cuisine Of Sacrifice Among The Greeks
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Author : Marcel Detienne
language : en
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Release Date : 1989-12-01

The Cuisine Of Sacrifice Among The Greeks written by Marcel Detienne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-12-01 with categories.


For the Greeks, the sharing of cooked meats was the fundamental communal act, so that to become vegetarian was a way of refusing society. It follows that the roasting or cooking of meat was a political act, as the division of portions asserted a social order. And the only proper manner of preparing meat for consumption, according to the Greeks, was blood sacrifice. The fundamental myth is that of Prometheus, who introduced sacrifice and, in the process, both joined us to and separated us from the gods--and ambiguous relation that recurs in marriage and in the growing of grain. Thus we can understand why the ascetic man refuses both women and meat, and why Greek women celebrated the festival of grain-giving Demeter with instruments of butchery. The ambiguity coded in the consumption of meat generated a mythology of the "other"--werewolves, Scythians, Ethiopians, and other "monsters." The study of the sacrificial consumption of meat thus leads into exotic territory and to unexpected findings. In The Cuisine of Sacrifice, the contributors--all scholars affiliated with the Center for Comparative Studies of Ancient Societies in Paris--apply methods from structural anthropology, comparative religion, and philology to a diversity of topics: the relation of political power to sacrificial practice; the Promethean myth as the foundation story of sacrificial practice; representations of sacrifice found on Greek vases; the technique and anatomy of sacrifice; the interaction of image, language, and ritual; the position of women in sacrificial custom and the female ritual of the Thesmophoria; the mythical status of wolves in Greece and their relation to the sacrifice of domesticated animals; the role and significance of food-related ritual in Homer and Hesiod; ancient Greek perceptions of Scythian sacrificial rites; and remnants of sacrificial ritual in modern Greek practices.



Theology And The First Theory Of Sacrifice


Theology And The First Theory Of Sacrifice
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Author : Ivan Strenski
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2003-01-01

Theology And The First Theory Of Sacrifice written by Ivan Strenski and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Social Science categories.


Strenski argues that public discourse about religious notions, like sacrifice, cannot be theological in our modern societies. Theological notions of sacrifice and theological approaches to it should be replaced by those like that developed by the Durkheimians because theological discourse cannot but help being religiously biased.



Animal Sacrifice In The Ancient Greek World


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.



The Politics Of Sacrifice In Early Greek Myth And Poetry


The Politics Of Sacrifice In Early Greek Myth And Poetry
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Author : Charles H. Stocking
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-30

The Politics Of Sacrifice In Early Greek Myth And Poetry written by Charles H. Stocking 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 2017-03-30 with Fiction categories.


A new interpretation of sacrifice based on Greek myth and poetics in conjunction with recent research in anthropology.



Gods Of Ancient Greece


Gods Of Ancient Greece
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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2010-07-30

Gods Of Ancient Greece written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with Religion categories.


This collection offers a fresh look at the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been very much neglected in modern scholarship. Bremmer and Erskine bring together a team of international scholars with the aim of remedying this situation and generating new approaches to the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity. The Gods of Ancient Greece looks at individual gods, but also asks to what extent cult, myth and literary genre determine the nature of a divinity and presents a synchronic and diachronic view of the gods as they functioned in Greek culture until the triumph of Christianity.



Greek And Roman Animal Sacrifice


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.



Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice


Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice
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Author : Jennifer Wright Knust
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2011-10-14

Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice written by Jennifer Wright Knust and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-14 with History categories.


An investigation of the multiple meanings and functions of sacrifice in diverse religious texts and practices from the late Hellenistic and Roman imperial periods.



The Iroquois And The Athenians


The Iroquois And The Athenians
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Author : Brian Seitz
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-08-22

The Iroquois And The Athenians written by Brian Seitz and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-22 with Philosophy categories.


Political communities are constituted through the representation of their own origin. The Iroquois and the Athenians is a philosophical exploration of the material traces left by that constitutional act in the political practices of the classical Iroquois and Athenians. Tempering Kant with Nietzsche this work offers an account of political action that locates the roots of justice in its radical impossibility, an aporia in place of a foundation. Instead of mythical references to a state of nature or an act of the founding fathers, the Iroquois and the Athenians recognized that political legitimacy can never be established, in principle, but must be continually enacted, repeated, a repetition that stimulates the withdrawal of natural foundations and holds open the site of any possible democracy. For philosophers and political theorists, this is a unique, hybrid deployment of Kant (the transcendental move) and Nietzsche (the use of history), offering a new view of the origins of Democracy. Scholars in Native American Studies will find much of value in its unprecedented use of traditional Iroquois political discourse and practice as a resource for mainstream political philosophy. Finally, scholars of ancient Greece and Classics will appreciated its novel presentation of ancient Greek political discourse and political practice.



Food In The Ancient World From A To Z


Food In The Ancient World From A To Z
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Author : Andrew Dalby
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-04-15

Food In The Ancient World From A To Z written by Andrew Dalby and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with History categories.


Sensual yet pre-eminently functional, food is of intrinsic interest to us all. This exciting new work by a leading authority explores food and related concepts in the Greek and Roman worlds. In entries ranging from a few lines to a couple of pages, Andrew Dalby describes individual foodstuffs (such as catfish, gazelle, peaches and parsley), utensils, ancient writers on food, and a vast range of other topics, drawn from classical literature, history and archaeology, as well as looking at the approaches of modern scholars. Approachable, reliable and fun, this A-to-Z explains and clarifies a subject that crops up in numerous classical sources, from plays to histories and beyond. It also gives references to useful primary and secondary reading. It will be an invaluable companion for students, academics and gastronomes alike.