Impious Dogs, Haughty Foxes and Exquisite Fish : : Evaluative Perception and Interpretation of Animals in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Thought / / ed. by Johannes Pahlitzsch, Tristan Schmidt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Breier, Idan,; Fleuren, Imke,; Obermaier, Sabine,; Richardson, Seth,; Schmidt, Tristan,; Stewart, Kirsty,; Tutrone, Fabio,
• HerausgeberIn: Pahlitzsch, Johannes,; Schmidt, Tristan,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VII, 187 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction: Perception and Evaluation of Animals in Euro-Mediterranean Cultures --; Nature Engaged and Disengaged --; Animal Imagery as a Means to Describe ‘the Other’ in Ancient Egypt --; Shaming by Naming --; Barking at the Threshold --; Noble Hounds for Aristocrats, Stray Dogs for Heretics --; You Are the Animal That You Eat --; ‘An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds’ --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110576917; 9783110719567; 9783110616859; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610093; 9783110605945
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110576917
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Johannes Pahlitzsch, Tristan Schmidt.

This volume is dedicated to the topic of the human evaluation and interpretation of animals in ancient and medieval cultures. From a transcultural perspective contributions from Assyriology, Byzantine Studies, Classical Archaeology, Egyptology, German Medieval Studies and Jewish History look into the processes and mechanisms behind the transfer by people of certain values to animals, and the functions these animal-signs have within written, pictorial and performative forms of expression.