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31 - Classics
University of Durham
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Chapter title
Tieropferrituale in den griechischen Zauberpapyri aus ästhetischer Sicht.
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Wilhelm Fink Verlag
Book title
Ästhetik des Opfers. Zeichen/Handlungen in Ritual und Spiel.
ISBN of book
9783770554188
Year of publication
2012
Number of additional authors
0
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This article offers the first full-scale investigation of animal sacrifice in ancient Greek magic. Starting from the ancient (and modern) notion that animal sacrifice is central to Greek religious practice, it gathers all extant evidence pertaining to animal killing in the Greek magical papyri, defines what is meant by ‘sacrifice’ in the context of magic, creates a typology of the kill according to ritual context, and compares some salient features of animal sacrifice in Greek magic (including types and performative contexts of the kill) with those of sacrificial rituals in the realm of public religion.
