Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society: Oath-Making Rituals in the Iliad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521174244)

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, Kitts makes use of the theory of ritual performance as communication.

Author: Margo Kitts
ISBN-10: 0521174244
ISBN-13: 9780521174244
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2012
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d