Hierà kalá : : images of animal sacrifice in archaic and classical Greece / / by F.T. Van Straten.

• Superior document: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, volume 127
• VerfasserIn: Van Straten, F. T.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 127.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; INTRODUCTION /; PRE-KILL /; THE KILLING /; POST-KILL /; PRE-KILL TO POST-KILL A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF SOME ASPECTS /; CATALOGUE 1: VASE PAINTINGS /; CATALOGUE II: VOTIVE RELIEFS /; ABBREVIATIONS /; BIBLIOGRAPHY /; GENERAL INDEX /; FIGURES /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004283455
• ISSN: 0927-7633
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by F.T. Van Straten.

Hierà kalá presents a collection, analysis and interpretation of the representations of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece. The Archaic and Classical material is dealt with comprehensively. Later evidence is adduced more selectively, for the sake of comparison. All aspects of Greek sacrifice that are (or appear to be) represented in the iconographical material are treated in depth; interpretations are based on a combined study of the archaeological, the epigraphical and the literary data. Full catalogues of vase paintings and votive reliefs with depictions of sacrifice are included. A generous selection of these are illustrated in more than 200 figures.