Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society

Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-17424-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 424 g

In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, originally published in 2006, 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kitts, Margo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.