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

Publication Data

• Title The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks
• Author Jeremy McInerney
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Princeton, N.J.
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.

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.

Topics

• 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.
• Greece

The cattle of the sun : cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks by Jeremy McInerney. ISBN 9780691140070. Published by Princeton University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.