| Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society: Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad Contributor(s): Kitts, Margo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511814887 ISBN-13: 9780511814884 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
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| Publisher Description: In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East. Discussing ritual features that are common to acts of religious violence throughout the world, Kitts makes use of the theory of ritual performance as communication. |
