316 Pages
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Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted down and slain by the Trojans; on Mt Lykaion children are sacrificed and consumed by the worshippers;... Read more
Preface, Abbreviations, 1 Sacrifice and ritual killing: terminology and types, 2 Archaeological evidence, 3 Funerary ritual killing in Greek literature and history, 4 Human sacrifice in Greek myth, cult, and history, 5 The pharmakos and related rites, 6 Strangers in a strange land: the Locrian maiden tribute, 7 Conclusion, Appendix A Cut marks and mass burials, Appendix B Pylos tablet Tn 316, Bibliography, Index locorum, Subject index
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Dennis D. Hughes
