The cattle of the sun cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks

The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks / Jeremy McInerney.

Author/creator	McInerney, Jeremy, 1958-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
Description	xvii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Cattle--Greece --History. Pastoral systems--Greece --History. Cattle--Greece --Religious aspects --History. Animal sacrifice--Greece --History. Fasts and feasts--Greece --History. Cattle trade--Greece --History. National characteristics, Greek--History. Greece--History --To 146 B.C. Greece--Religious life and customs. Greece--Economic conditions --To 146 B.C.

Contents	Cattle habits -- The paradoxes of pastoralism -- Cattle systems in Bronze Age Greece -- Epic consumption -- Heroes and gods -- Gods, cattle, and space -- Sacred economics -- Cities and cattle business -- Sacred law -- Authority and value -- Conclusions.
General note	Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-334) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009039945
ISBN	9780691140070 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0691140073 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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