Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society

Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad

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ID19944629
AuthorsMargo Kitts (Hawaii Pacific University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Publication date2005-11-07
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueSanctified Violence in Homeric Society (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511814884
OpenAlexW4230963192
Open LibraryOL3400563M
ISBN9780511814884
LanguageEN
Citations received9

In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, originally published in 2006, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East. Discussing ritual features that are common to acts of religious violence throughout the world, Kitts makes use of the theory of ritual performance as communication

Art · Literature · Narrative · Oath · Poetry · Political science · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy · 18.43 ancient Greek literature · Eed · Eid · En la literatura · Epic poetry · Epic poetry, history and criticism · Gewalt · Geweld · Greek · Greek Epic poetry · Greek poetry · Greek poetry, history and criticism · Guerre de Troie · History and criticism · Holy, The, in literature · Homer · Iliad (Homer) · Ilias · Literature and the war · Littérature et guerre · Oaths in literature · Opferritus · Poésie épique grecque · Riten · Ritual in literature · Ritualer i litteraturen · Rituel dans la littérature · Sacré dans la littérature · Serments dans la littérature · Trojan War · Trojan war, literature and the war · Våld i litteraturen · Violence dans la littérature · Violence in literature · Violencia

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