The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks
| 1. Verfasser: |
McInerney, Jeremy, 1958-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xvii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
