Human Sacrifice in Ancient Greece

by Dennis D. Hughes

Book Overview

Numerous ancient texts describe human sacrifices and other forms of ritual killing: in 480 BC Themistocles sacrifices three Persian captives to Dionysus; human scapegoats called pharmakoi are expelled yearly from Greek cities, and according to some authors they are killed; Locrin girls are hunted down and slain by the Trojans; on Mt Lykaion children are sacrificed and consumed by the worshippers; and many other texts report human sacrifices performed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415755271
• ISBN13: 9780415755276
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary