Sarah Hitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 5627318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Hitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Hitch |
| SIGNATURE | HITCH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Tastes of Greek poetry
Food enjoys a particularly well-established and central place in classical Greek literature, which provides a unique and sophisticated reflection of the perils experienced by all subsistence economies. Taste generally refers to an experiment of a fleeting or unique type rather than highlighting a connection with consumption, since epic heroes are not given a choice of food. In Homer and Hesiod, descriptions of eating emphasize surplus and depriva…
Kronos and Kronia
Kronos (Roman Saturn) was the father of Zeus in myth, a symbol of the generational conflict that threatened cosmic stability before Zeus' supremacy; the tradition develops over time to associate him with Utopian conditions of a “Golden Age.” The oldest and most complete depiction of Kronos can be found in the seventh‐century BCE epic cosmogony, Hesiod's Theogony .
Proerosia
The Proerosia is a harvest festival, best attested as part of the Athenian state calendar of annual festivals. The name, “pre‐plowing,” is probably derived from the Greek preposition pro and the noun for plowing, arotos (Dow and Healey 1965: 15).
Fire, in cult, Greece and Rome
Fire was an essential component of most cults in the ancient Greek and Roman world, either as the medium for transportation of sacrificial offerings to the gods above or as a symbol of the spiritual health of the community.
Plants, sacred, Greece and Rome
As symbols of fertility and growth, plants were particularly central to cults of Demeter (Roman Ceres) and Dionysos (Roman Bacchus), as well as many other deities in their various roles in the promotion of procreation and the health of the community.
Myth
Myth is the label used by modern audiences to refer to the corpus of traditional tales about Greek and Roman gods and heroes as portrayed in creative art and literature.
Priests and priestesses, Greek
“Priest” and “priestess” are the commonly used designations for individuals responsible for maintaining sanctuaries and officiating at public sacrifices in the Greek world, although the Christian implications of these terms belie the very different identities and roles of these cult officials in ancient Greek communities (Henrichs 2008).
Prometheus and Prometheia
Prometheus is first attested in Hesiod's Theogony (ca. 700 BCE ), the wily son of Iapetos and Klymene, the second generation of Titans.
Embedded Speech In The Attic Leges Sacrae
Sacrifice and prayer were the cornerstones of Greek religious practice. An important body of evidence for understanding Athenian religion are the sacred laws, in which the oral dimension of cult is almost completely absent. It is this silence which is explored in this chapter. Sacred laws are an extremely valuable source for local ritual practice, but, pertain only to new or revised religious customs, and were never used as part of ritual perform…
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Embedded Speech In The Attic Leges Sacrae
Sacrifice and prayer were the cornerstones of Greek religious practice. An important body of evidence for understanding Athenian religion are the sacred laws, in which the oral dimension of cult is almost completely absent. It is this silence which is explored in this chapter. Sacred laws are an extremely valuable source for local ritual practice, but, pertain only to new or revised religious customs, and were never used as part of ritual perform…
Kronos and Kronia
Kronos (Roman Saturn) was the father of Zeus in myth, a symbol of the generational conflict that threatened cosmic stability before Zeus' supremacy; the tradition develops over time to associate him with Utopian conditions of a “Golden Age.” The oldest and most complete depiction of Kronos can be found in the seventh‐century BCE epic cosmogony, Hesiod's Theogony .
Proerosia
The Proerosia is a harvest festival, best attested as part of the Athenian state calendar of annual festivals. The name, “pre‐plowing,” is probably derived from the Greek preposition pro and the noun for plowing, arotos (Dow and Healey 1965: 15).
Fire, in cult, Greece and Rome
Fire was an essential component of most cults in the ancient Greek and Roman world, either as the medium for transportation of sacrificial offerings to the gods above or as a symbol of the spiritual health of the community.
Plants, sacred, Greece and Rome
As symbols of fertility and growth, plants were particularly central to cults of Demeter (Roman Ceres) and Dionysos (Roman Bacchus), as well as many other deities in their various roles in the promotion of procreation and the health of the community.
Myth
Myth is the label used by modern audiences to refer to the corpus of traditional tales about Greek and Roman gods and heroes as portrayed in creative art and literature.
Priests and priestesses, Greek
“Priest” and “priestess” are the commonly used designations for individuals responsible for maintaining sanctuaries and officiating at public sacrifices in the Greek world, although the Christian implications of these terms belie the very different identities and roles of these cult officials in ancient Greek communities (Henrichs 2008).
Prometheus and Prometheia
Prometheus is first attested in Hesiod's Theogony (ca. 700 BCE ), the wily son of Iapetos and Klymene, the second generation of Titans.
Animal Sacrifice in the Ancient Greek World
Tastes of Greek poetry
Food enjoys a particularly well-established and central place in classical Greek literature, which provides a unique and sophisticated reflection of the perils experienced by all subsistence economies. Taste generally refers to an experiment of a fleeting or unique type rather than highlighting a connection with consumption, since epic heroes are not given a choice of food. In Homer and Hesiod, descriptions of eating emphasize surplus and depriva…
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