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... sacrifice when performed with the archaic elaboration of the Bouphonia at Athens . 248 But what about the sacrifice of ' a hundred cattle ' , a ' hecatomb ' , even several hecatombs , which in its quantitative exaggeration was rather ...
... sacrifice when performed with the archaic elaboration of the Bouphonia at Athens . 248 But what about the sacrifice of ' a hundred cattle ' , a ' hecatomb ' , even several hecatombs , which in its quantitative exaggeration was rather ...
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... sacrifices . Homer treats the ritual details of the preliminary sacrifice less fully than the main act , the killing of the animal . One part of the preliminaries , however , he does emphasise , the scattering about the victim of ...
... sacrifices . Homer treats the ritual details of the preliminary sacrifice less fully than the main act , the killing of the animal . One part of the preliminaries , however , he does emphasise , the scattering about the victim of ...
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... sacrifice , who was himself a god but as representative of men slaughtered the sacrificial animal for a common meal with the gods - the myth of Prometheus , which is at the same time the myth of human existence , of the distance between ...
... sacrifice , who was himself a god but as representative of men slaughtered the sacrificial animal for a common meal with the gods - the myth of Prometheus , which is at the same time the myth of human existence , of the distance between ...
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Note on the Plates Page | 2 |
The Mythological Strain in Greek Religion | 17 |
The Feast | 49 |
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Acropolis Acropolis Museum aidos ancient religion animal Apollo appear archaic Artemis aspect Athens attitude B.C. Archaeological Museum B.C. British Museum belongs bios Brauron British Museum called century B.C. British ceremony characteristic corresponding cult procedures dance death deities Delphi Demeter Dionysus divine domain eulabeia expressed fact feast Ferrara festal festive quality flamen Dialis frieze Gell goddess gods Greek and Roman Greek religion Greek religious experience Hera heroes Hesiod holy Homer hosia idea Iliad Juno Jupiter Kleophon painter knowledge laughter living meaning Munich myth mythology nature noein nomos non-existence Olympia original painter Parthenon phenomenon philosopher pietas Piraeus Plato poet presuppose primitive Prometheus realised reality Roman cult Roman religion Rome sacred sacrifice sebas sense speak sphere Spina spiritual Style Temple Terracotta Themis theoria thing Titanic Tomb underworld Valle Trebba vase painting Vatican Museum Veiovis vision Vulci W. F. Otto Wissowa word worship Zeus