Animals in Greek and Roman Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animals in Greek and Roman Thought write by Stephen T. Newmyer. This book was released on 2010-11-09. Animals in Greek and Roman Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although reasoned discourse on human-animal relations is often considered a late twentieth-century phenomenon, ethical debate over animals and how humans should treat them can be traced back to the philosophers and literati of the classical world. From Stoic assertions that humans owe nothing to animals that are intellectually foreign to them, to Plutarch's impassioned arguments for animals as sentient and rational beings, it is clear that modern debate owes much to Greco-Roman thought. Animals in Greek and Roman Thought brings together new translations of classical passages which contributed to ancient debate on the nature of animals and their relationship to human beings. The selections chosen come primarily from philosophical and natural historical works, as well as religious, poetic and biographical works. The questions discussed include: Do animals differ from humans intellectually? Were animals created for the use of humankind? Should animals be used for food, sport, or sacrifice? Can animals be our friends? The selections are arranged thematically and, within themes, chronologically. A commentary precedes each excerpt, transliterations of Greek and Latin technical terms are provided, and each entry includes bibliographic suggestions for further reading.
Animals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth
Animals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth write by Patricia A. Johnston. This book was released on 2016-08-17. Animals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Animals in Greek and Roman Thought
Animals in Greek and Roman Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animals in Greek and Roman Thought write by Stephen Thomas Newmyer. This book was released on 2008. Animals in Greek and Roman Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Animals, Gods and Humans
Animals, Gods and Humans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animals, Gods and Humans write by Ingvild Saelid Gilhus. This book was released on 2006-09-27. Animals, Gods and Humans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice
Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice write by Christopher A. Faraone. This book was released on 2012-03-22. Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne.
