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.
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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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