Author: KITTS, MARGO
Title: Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad
Description: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521855292. Very faint dustsoiling to top of textblock. Else book is fine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 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. ; 258 pages. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0521855292 Paganism Classical Greek & Roman Homer And Homeric Epic Iliad


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