Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1912
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

King of Sacrifice

King of Sacrifice
Author: Sarah Hitch
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Descriptions of animal sacrifice in Homer offer detailed accounts of this attempt at communication between man and gods. Hitch explores the structural and thematic importance of animal sacrifice as an expression of the quarrel between Akhilleus and Agamemnon through the differing perspectives of the primary narrative and character speech.