Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society

Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad

AvMargo Kitts

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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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 paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East. Discussing ritual features that are common to acts of religious violence throughout the world, Kitts makes use of the theory of ritual performance as communication.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521174244

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Kitts presents a detailed study of oath making in Homer's Iliad, both the ritual details and the consequences of oath breaking; in particular, she distinguishes between commensal sacrifices and those involving oaths, and she looks at instances in which deaths on the battlefield are compared to the deaths of sacrificial animals. In doing so, Kitts makes good use of comparative Near Eastern material, including Hittite, Assyrian, and biblical texts. Choice

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Introduction: why another treatment of Greek sacrifice?; 1. Epics, rituals, and rituals in epic: methodological considerations; 2. Premises and principles of oath-making in the Iliad; 3. Ritual scenes and epic themes of oath-sacrifice; 4. Homeric battlefield theophanies, in light of the ancient Near East; Conclusion.