κοτυλήρυτον ἔρρεεν αἷμα: Homer, Iliada, 23. 34
κοτυλήρυτον ἔρρεεν αἷμα: Homer, Iliada, 23. 34
Author(s): Bogdan BurligaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Homer; the Iliad; religion; ritual; sacrifice; slaughtering; animals
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is a short passage in Homer’s Iliad, Book 23. 30–34, depicting Achilles’ slaughtering of the various domestic animals and the dinner that follows (23. 55–58). The controversy focuses on the problem whether the killing in question was a sacrifice or not.
Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
- Issue Year: XXVI/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 5-39
- Page Count: 35
- Language: Polish