The Sacrificial Ritual in Homer

• Authors: Bednarek Bartłomiej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper discusses the model of interpretation of the Greek sacrificial ritual and proposes some changes and adjustment in the currently accepted paradigm. The main suggestion presented here is that the ritual slaughter of animals, as described in the Homeric poems, can be treated by protagonists as the practice of great practical impact (it provides the heroes with food) rather than that of a symbolic value.

Keywords

EN

Greek sacrifice; ritual slaughter; Homer

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Classica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 16
• Pages: 5-17

Contributors

author

Bednarek Bartłomiej

• Jagiellonian University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/CC.16.2013.16.01