Hiera Kala: Images of Animal Sacrifice in Archaic and Classical Greece

by F.T. Van Straten

Hier? kal? presents a collection, analysis and interpretation of the representations of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece. The Archaic and Classical material is dealt with comprehensively. Later evidence is adduced more selectively, for the sake of comparison.
All aspects of Greek sacrifice that are (or appear to be) represented in the iconographical material are treated in depth; interpretations are based on a combined study of the archaeological,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004102922
• ISBN13: 9789004102927
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.7"