Impious dogs, haughty foxes and exquisite fish : evaluative perception and interpretation of animals in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean thought

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Perception and Evaluation of Animals in Euro-Mediterranean Cultures -- Nature Engaged and Disengaged -- Animal Imagery as a Means to Describe 'the Other' in Ancient Egypt -- Shaming by Naming -- Barking at the Threshold -- Noble Hounds for Aris...

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Collectivité auteur: "Finding, Inheriting or Borrowing? Construction and Transfer of Knowledge about Man and Nature in Antiquity and the Middle Ages" Mainz (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: "Finding, Inheriting or Borrowing? Construction and Transfer of Knowledge about Man and Nature in Antiquity and the Middle Ages" (Éditeur intellectuel), Schmidt, Tristan 1988- (Éditeur intellectuel), Pahlitzsch, Johannes 1963-
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2019
Sujets:Animals (Philosophy) Animals Animals and civilization Social archaeology Human-animal relationships Electronic books
Description matérielle:1 online resource (196 pages)
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Résumé:Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Perception and Evaluation of Animals in Euro-Mediterranean Cultures -- Nature Engaged and Disengaged -- Animal Imagery as a Means to Describe 'the Other' in Ancient Egypt -- Shaming by Naming -- Barking at the Threshold -- Noble Hounds for Aristocrats, Stray Dogs for Heretics -- You Are the Animal That You Eat -- 'An Entertaining Tale of Quadrupeds' -- Index.
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Description matérielle:1 online resource (196 pages)
ISBN:9783110576917
3110576910
9783110572995
3110572990