Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Lindsay Campbell, Gordon Lindsay (Lecturer in Ancient Clas Campbell
• Assisted by: Gordon Lindsay Campbell (Editor), Campbell Gordon Lindsay (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9780199589425
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958942-5
• No. of pages: 656
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History; Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, History - General History, Animals & society, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Animals and society, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500