SANCTIFIED VIOLENCE IN HOMERIC SOCIETY by Margo Kitts ( 9780521855297 )

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SANCTIFIED VIOLENCE IN HOMERIC SOCIETY
OATH-MAKING RITUALS IN THE ILIAD

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Margo Kitts

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0521855292

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9780521855297

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

7 November, 2005

Pages:

258

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This book focuses on oath-making narratives in the Iliad, through which it articulates a theory of ritualized violence.

Synopsis:

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.

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