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100	1		_aJohnston, Patricia A.
245	1	0	_aAnimals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNewcastle-upon-Tyne : _bCambridge Scholars Publishing, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (545 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Editors' Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Animals and Communication with the Divine -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part II: The Religious Significance of Individual Animals in Greece and Rome -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Part III: Animals in Greek and Roman Myth -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- General Index -- Index Locorum.
520			_aThis 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aAnimals--Religious aspects--History--Congresses.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aMastrocinque, Attilio.
700	1		_aPapaioannou, Sophia.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aJohnston, Patricia A. _tAnimals in Greek and Roman Religion and Myth _dNewcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,c2016 _z9781443894876
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4648770 _zClick to View
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