L’«occultation de la violence» dans le sacrifice grec

Données anciennes, discours modernes

Bibliographic Data

ID20036410
AuthorsStella Georgoudi (corresponding author)
Year2005
Pages115-147
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueLa cuisine et l'autel (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrepols Publishers (PUBLISHER • BE)
DOI10.1484/m.behe-eb.4.00023
OpenAlexW2537762198
ISBN9782503517391
LanguageEN
Citations received9

The article recalls the achievements of the book La cuisine du sacrifice en pays grec (1979), and reviews some of the theses defended in this work. It re-examines particularly the assertion that the “concealment of violence” is a central element of Greek blood sacrifice. Reconsidering the ancient evidence as well as the archeological and iconographic material, including not only vases but also a number of votive reliefs, this study discusses especially the statement that the sacrificial knife (machaira) was intentionally kept out of sight, “buried” in the sacrificial basket (kanoun), under the barley corns and the fillets. It discusses also the idea - which is almost a cliché in Greek studies - that the victims should go without being restrained by ropes or other kind of desmoi. Finally, in the light of Porphyrius (de Abstinentia, about the Bouphonia and the Dipolieia), this article reconsiders the theory of “bad conscience” and “guilt” in killing sacrificial animals, among ancient Greeks

Ancient Greek · Ancient history · Art · Greeks · Literature · Sacrifice · Theology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy

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