Impious Dogs, Haughty Foxes and Exquisite Fish : : Evaluative Perception and Interpretation of Animals in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Thought /

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.

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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 th...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 187 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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