Ritual Problems: Offering and Sacrificing

Much like many other ancient phenomena, the rituals of the Greeks continue to both vex and intrigue through their diverse particularities and their often elusive meanings. The title of the first work under review, Offrir en Grèce ancienne, reflects a misleading definitiveness in that regard: this i...

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Publicat a:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/kernos,
Autor principal: Carbon, Jan-Mathieu
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Kernos 2013
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:Much like many other ancient phenomena, the rituals of the Greeks continue to both vex and intrigue through their diverse particularities and their often elusive meanings. The title of the first work under review, Offrir en Grèce ancienne, reflects a misleading definitiveness in that regard: this is not a comprehensive treatise on the notion of ‘offering’ in ancient Greece. Rather, it is the subtitle that should probably retain one’s attention: gestes et contextes. Herein lies one of the (un...