Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society: Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad

by Margo Kitts and Kitts

Book Overview

In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of ritualized violence. She analyzes ritual paradigms, metaphors, fictions, and poetic registers as oath-making principles, which she then traces through Homeric references and texts from the ancient New East. Discussing ritual features that are common to acts of religious violence throughout the world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521174244
• ISBN13: 9780521174244
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"