Homo Necans

Homo Necans
Author: Walter Burkert
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1983
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0520058755


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"A milestone, not only in the field of classics but in the wider field of the history of religion. . . . It will find a place alongside the works of Jane Ellen Harrison, Sir James George Frazer, Claude Levi-Strauss, and van Gennep."—Wendy Flaherty, Divinity School, University of Chicago "This book is a professional classic, an absolute must for any serious student of Greek religion."—Albert Henrichs, Harvard University


Homo Necans
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Walter Burkert
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Pages: 225
Authors: Christopher A. Faraone
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The first general critique of the interpretations of animal sacrifice established by Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne.
Ancient Mystery Cults
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Walter Burkert
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-10-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Walter Burkert
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982-11-08 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Tantalizingly rich . . . this is a splendid book."--Greece and Rome "Burken relegates his learned documentation to the notes and writes in a lively and fluent
The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Christine Schnusenberg
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Paulist Press

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This unique, comprehensive work tackles questions posed by the polemics of the Church Fathers against the Roman theater and explores the subsequent developments