This volume brings together studies on Greek animal sacrifice by
foremost experts in Greek language, literature and material
culture. Readers will benefit from the synthesis of new evidence
and approaches with a re-evaluation of twentieth-century theories
on sacrifice. The chapters range across the whole of antiquity and
go beyond the Greek world to consider possible influences in
Hittite Anatolia and Egypt, while an introduction to the burgeoning
science of osteo-archaeology is provided. The twentieth-century
emphasis on sacrifice as part of the Classical Greek polis system
is challenged through consideration of various ancient perspectives
on sacrifice as distinct from specific political or even Greek
contexts. Many previously unexplored topics are covered,
particularly the type of animals sacrificed and the spectrum of
sacrificial ritual, from libations to lasting memorials of the
ritual in art.
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