The politics of sacrifice in early Greek myth and poetry /

This book offers a new interpretation of ancient Greek sacrifice from a cultural poetic perspective. Through close readings of the 'Theogony,' the Homeric 'Hymn to Demeter,' the Homeric 'Hymn to Hermes' and the 'Odyssey' in conjunction with evidence from mater...

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Main Author:	Stocking, Charles H., 1980- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Hesiod. > Theogony. Homeric hymns. Homer. > Odyssey. Greek literature > History and criticism. Sacrifice in literature. Sacrifice > Greece.
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