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Hiera kala
Language: en
Pages: 464
Authors: Straten
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-24 - Publisher: BRILL

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Hierà kalá presents a collection, analysis and interpretation of the representations of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece. The Archaic and Classical materi
Hierà Kalá
Language: en
Pages: 470
Authors: Folkert T. Van Straten
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume deals with the depictions of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece, full catalogues of which are included. The relevant aspects of Greek sacrifice ar
Smoke Signals for the Gods
Language: en
Pages: 438
Authors: F. S. Naiden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Animal sacrifice has been critical to the study of ancient Mediterranean religions since the 18th century. Two leading views on sacrifice have dominated the sub
Polytheism and Society at Athens
Language: en
Pages: 576
Authors: Robert Parker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11-24 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This book is the first attempt that has ever been made to give a comprehensive account of the religious life of ancient Athens. The city's many festivals are di
Religion of the Gods
Language: en
Pages: 513
Authors: Kimberley Christine Patton
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-09 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In many of the world's religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, a seemingly enigmatic and paradoxical image is found--that of the god who worships. Variou