The meaning of meat and the structure of the Odyssey /

This comprehensive study of the Odyssey sees in meat and meat consumption a centre of gravitation for the interpretation of the poem. It aims to place the cultural practices represented in the poem against the background of the (agricultural) lived reality of the poem's audiences in the archaic...

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Main Author: Bakker, Egbert J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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