The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks / Jeremy McInerney.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.Description: xvii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780691140070 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0691140073 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 636.20938 22
LOC classification:
  • SF196.G8 M38 2010
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Contents:
Cattle habits -- The paradoxes of pastoralism -- Cattle systems in Bronze Age Greece -- Epic consumption -- Heroes and gods -- Gods, cattle, and space -- Sacred economics -- Cities and cattle business -- Sacred law -- Authority and value -- Conclusions.
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Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-334) and index.

Cattle habits -- The paradoxes of pastoralism -- Cattle systems in Bronze Age Greece -- Epic consumption -- Heroes and gods -- Gods, cattle, and space -- Sacred economics -- Cities and cattle business -- Sacred law -- Authority and value -- Conclusions.

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