The Culture Of Animals In Antiquity

Author : Sian Lewis,Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351782494

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The Culture of Animals in Antiquity by Sian Lewis,Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Pdf

The Culture of Animals in Antiquity provides students and researchers with well-chosen and clearly presented ancient sources in translation, some well-known, others undoubtedly unfamiliar, but all central to a key area of study in ancient history: the part played by animals in the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. It brings new ideas to bear on the wealth of evidence – literary, historical and archaeological – which we possess for the experiences and roles of animals in the ancient world. Offering a broad picture of ancient cultures in the Mediterranean as part of a wider ecosystem, the volume is on an ambitious scale. It covers a broad span of time, from the sacred animals of dynastic Egypt to the imagery of the lamb in early Christianity, and of region, from the fallow deer introduced and bred in Roman Britain to the Asiatic lioness and her cubs brought as a gift by the Elamites to the Great King of Persia. This sourcebook is essential for anyone wishing to understand the role of animals in the ancient world and support learning for one of the fastest growing disciplines in Classics.

Author : Linda Kalof
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Animals and civilization
ISBN : 1350049506

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A Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity by Linda Kalof Pdf

Explores the sacred and the symbolic (totem, sacrifice, status and popular beliefs); hunting; domestication (taming, breeding, labour and companionship); entertainment and exhibitions (the menagerie, zoos, circuses and carnivals); science and specimens (research, education, collections and museums); philosophical beliefs; and artistic representations.

Author : Linda Kalof,Brigitte Pohl-Resl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Animals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924108221668

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A Cultural History of Animals by Linda Kalof,Brigitte Pohl-Resl Pdf

A compete history from antiquity to today of the history of animals and of their relationship with humans.

Author : Linda Kalof,Brigitte Pohl-Resl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Animals and civilization
ISBN : OCLC:986553826

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A Cultural History of Animals: A cultural history of animals in antiquity by Linda Kalof,Brigitte Pohl-Resl Pdf

Author : Thorsten Fögen,Edmund Thomas
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110544510

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Interactions between Animals and Humans in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by Thorsten Fögen,Edmund Thomas Pdf

The seventeen contributions to this volume, written by leading experts, show that animals and humans in Graeco-Roman antiquity are interconnected on a variety of different levels and that their encounters and interactions often result from their belonging to the same structures, ‘networks’ and communities or at least from finding themselves together in a certain setting, context or environment – wittingly or unwittingly. Papers explore the concrete categories of interaction between animals and humans that can be identified, in what contexts they occur, and what types of evidence can be productively used to examine the concept of interactions. Articles in this volume take into account literary, visual, and other types of evidence. A comprehensive research bibliography is also provided.

Author : Saul M. Olyan,Jordan D. Rosenblum
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781951498849

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Animals and the Law in Antiquity by Saul M. Olyan,Jordan D. Rosenblum Pdf

Animal law has become a topic of growing importance internationally, with animal welfare and animal rights often assuming center stage in contemporary debates about the legal status of animals. While nonspecialists routinely decontextualize ancient texts to support or deny rights to animals, experts in fields such as classics, biblical studies, Assyriology, Egyptology, rabbinics, and late antique Christianity have only just begun to engage the topic of animals and the law in their respective areas. This volume consists of original studies by scholars from a range of Mediterranean and West Asian fields on a variety of topics at the intersection of animals and the law in antiquity. Contributors include Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer, Beth Berkowitz, Andrew McGowan, F. S. Naiden, Saul M. Olyan, Seth Richardson, Jordan D. Rosenblum, Andreas Schüle, Miira Tuominen, and Daniel Ullucci. The volume is essential reading for scholars and students of both the ancient world and contemporary law.

Author : Raija Mattila,Sanae Ito,Sebastian Fink
Publisher : Springer
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9783658243883

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Animals and their Relation to Gods, Humans and Things in the Ancient World by Raija Mattila,Sanae Ito,Sebastian Fink Pdf

While Human-Animal Studies is a rapidly growing field in modern history, studies on this topic that focus on the Ancient World are few. The present volume aims at closing this gap. It investigates the relation between humans, animals, gods, and things with a special focus on the structure of these categories. An improved understanding of the ancient categories themselves is a precondition for any investigation into the relation between them. The focus of the volume lies on the Ancient Near East, but it also provides studies on Ancient Greece, Asia Minor, Mesoamerica, the Far East, and Arabia.

Author : Benjamin S. Arbuckle,Sue Ann McCarty
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781457188619

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Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World by Benjamin S. Arbuckle,Sue Ann McCarty Pdf

Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World explores the current trends in the social archaeology of human-animal relationships, focusing on the ways in which animals are used to structure, create, support, and even deconstruct social inequalities. The authors provide a global range of case studies from both New and Old World archaeology—a royal Aztec dog burial, the monumental horse tombs of Central Asia, and the ceremonial macaw cages of ancient Mexico among them. They explore the complex relationships between people and animals in social, economic, political, and ritual contexts, incorporating animal remains from archaeological sites with artifacts, texts, and iconography to develop their interpretations. Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World presents new data and interpretations that reveal the role of animals, their products, and their symbolism in structuring social inequalities in the ancient world. The volume will be of interest to archaeologists, especially zooarchaeologists, and classical scholars of pre-modern civilizations and societies.

Author : Julia Kindt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429754593

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Animals in Ancient Greek Religion by Julia Kindt Pdf

This book provides the first systematic study of the role of animals in different areas of the ancient Greek religious experience, including in myth and ritual, the literary and the material evidence, the real and the imaginary. An international team of renowned contributors shows that animals had a sustained presence not only in the traditionally well-researched cultural practice of blood sacrifice but across the full spectrum of ancient Greek religious beliefs and practices. Animals played a role in divination, epiphany, ritual healing, the setting up of dedications, the writing of binding spells, and the instigation of other ‘magical’ means. Taken together, the individual contributions to this book illustrate that ancient Greek religion constituted a triangular symbolic system encompassing not just gods and humans, but also animals as a third player and point of reference. Animals in Ancient Greek Religion will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek religion, Greek myth, and ancient religion more broadly, as well as for anyone interested in human/animal relations in the ancient world.

Author : Gordon Lindsay Campbell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191035159

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The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life by Gordon Lindsay Campbell Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.

Author : David Hollander,Timothy Howe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118970942

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A Companion to Ancient Agriculture by David Hollander,Timothy Howe Pdf

The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization—from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper. Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the Companion presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian subcontinent and prehistoric China while an insightful concluding section helps readers understand ancient agriculture from a modern perspective. Fills the need for a full-length biophysical and social overview of ancient agriculture Provides clear accounts of the current state of research written by experts in their respective areas Places ancient Mediterranean agriculture in conversation with contemporary practice in Eastern and Southern Asia Includes coverage of analysis of stable isotopes in ancient agricultural cultivation Offers plentiful illustrations, references, case studies, and further reading suggestions A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is a much-needed resource for advanced students, instructors, scholars, and researchers in fields such as agricultural history, ancient economics, and in broader disciplines including classics, archaeology, and ancient history.

Author : Billie Jean Collins
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047400912

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A History of the Animal World in the Ancient Near East by Billie Jean Collins Pdf

This book is about all aspects of man’s contact with the animal world; sacrifice, sacred animals, diet, domestication, in short, from the sublime to the mundane. Chapters on art, literature, religion and animal husbandry provide the reader with a complete picture of the complex relationships between the peoples of the Ancient Near East and (their) animals. A reference guide and key to the menagerie of the Ancient Near East, with ample original illustrations.

Author : Stephen Newmyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136882630

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Animals in Greek and Roman Thought by Stephen Newmyer Pdf

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.

Author : Sarah Hitch,Ian Rutherford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521191036

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Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World by Sarah Hitch,Ian Rutherford Pdf

Experts in Greek language, literature and material culture re-examine the role of animal sacrifice in Greek life across the Mediterranean.

Author : Gordon Lindsay Campbell
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199589425

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The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life by Gordon Lindsay Campbell Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.