Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society: Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad

ISBN-13: 9780521855297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 258 str.

Margo Kitts

Opis

This 2006 book focuses on oath-making narratives in the Iliad.

Recenzje

"Margo Kitt offers scholars a number of intriguing new views on well-known pieces of poetic material...anyone interested in studying religious rituals-actual or imagined-will profit intellectually from observing Iliadic oath sacrifices through Kitt's wide-ranging and often keen-sighted eyes."
Shubha Pathak, The Journal of Religion

Spis treści

Introduction: why another treatment of Greek sacrifice?; 1. Epics, rituals, and rituals in epic: methodological considerations; 2. Premises and principles of oath-making in the Iliad; 3. Ritual scenes and epic themes of oath-sacrifice; 4. Homeric battlefield theophanies, in light of the ancient Near East; Conclusion.