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Zusatztext the book is a valuable contribution to the study of animals in antiquity and can be highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Gordon Lindsay Campbell is Lecturer in Ancient Classics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction 1: Jeremy B. Lefkowitz: Aesop and Animal Fable 2: Alastair Harden: Animals in Classical Art 3: Babette Pütz: Good to Laugh With: Animals in Comedy 4: Laura Hawtree: Animals in Epic 5: Chiara Thumiger: Animals in Tragedy 6: Timothy Howe: Domestication and Breeding of Livestock: Horses, Mules, Asses, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine 7: Geoffrey Kron: Animal Husbandry and Farming 8: Timothy Howe: Value Economics: Animals, Wealth, and the Market 9: Michael MacKinnon: Fauna of the Ancient Mediterranean 10: Rory Egan: Insects 11: Geoffrey Kron: Ancient Fishing and Fish Farming 12: Michael MacKinnon: Hunting 13: Thorsten Fögen: Animal Communication 14: Gordon Campbell: Origins of Life, and Origins of Species 15: Jeremy McInerney: Civilization, Gastonomy, and Meat-eating 16: Michael MacKinnon: Pets 17: Adrienne Mayor: Animals in Warfare 18: Daniel Ogden: Animal Magic 19: Peter Struck: Animals and Divination 20: Gunnel Ekroth: Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity 21: Ingvild Saelid Gilhus: Animals in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity 22: Emma Aston: Part-animal Gods 23: Chiara Thumiger: Metamorphosis: Human in Animals 24: Mary Beagon: Wondrous Animals in Classical Antiquity 25: Angela McDonald: Animals in Egypt 26: Jo-Ann Shelton: Spectacles of Animal Abuse 27: Sinclair Bell and Carolyn Willekes: Horse Racing and Chariot Racing 28: Ida Östenberg: Animals and Triumphs 29: Stephen T. Newmyer: Being the One and Becoming the Other: Animals in Ancient Philosophical Schools 30: Daniel Dombrowski: Philosophical Vegetarianism and Animal Entitlements 31: Liliane Bodson: Zoological Knowledge in Ancient Greece and Rome 32: Adrienne Mayor: Ancient Fossil Discoveries and Interpretations 33: Joris Peters and Veronika Göbel: Veterinary Medicine Index ...
