Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society: Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad

by Margo Kitts and Kitts

Book Overview

In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521855292
• ISBN13: 9780521855297
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 9.3"