Overview

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.

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Author:   Gordon Lindsay Campbell (Lecturer in Ancient Classics, Lecturer in Ancient Classics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.223kg
ISBN:  

9780199589425

ISBN 10:   0199589429
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   28 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction 1: Jeremy B. Lefkowitz: Aesop and Animal Fable 2: Alastair Harden: Animals in Classical Art 3: Babette Putz: Good to Laugh With: Animals in Comedy 4: Laura Hawtree: Animals in Epic 5: Chiara Thumiger: Animals in Tragedy 6: Timothy Howe: Domestication and Breeding of Livestock: Horses, Mules, Asses, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine 7: Geoffrey Kron: Animal Husbandry and Farming 8: Timothy Howe: Value Economics: Animals, Wealth, and the Market 9: Michael MacKinnon: Fauna of the Ancient Mediterranean 10: Rory Egan: Insects 11: Geoffrey Kron: Ancient Fishing and Fish Farming 12: Michael MacKinnon: Hunting 13: Thorsten Foegen: Animal Communication 14: Gordon Campbell: Origins of Life, and Origins of Species 15: Jeremy McInerney: Civilization, Gastonomy, and Meat-eating 16: Michael MacKinnon: Pets 17: Adrienne Mayor: Animals in Warfare 18: Daniel Ogden: Animal Magic 19: Peter Struck: Animals and Divination 20: Gunnel Ekroth: Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity 21: Ingvild Saelid Gilhus: Animals in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity 22: Emma Aston: Part-animal Gods 23: Chiara Thumiger: Metamorphosis: Human in Animals 24: Mary Beagon: Wondrous Animals in Classical Antiquity 25: Angela McDonald: Animals in Egypt 26: Jo-Ann Shelton: Spectacles of Animal Abuse 27: Sinclair Bell and Carolyn Willekes: Horse Racing and Chariot Racing 28: Ida OEstenberg: Animals and Triumphs 29: Stephen T. Newmyer: Being the One and Becoming the Other: Animals in Ancient Philosophical Schools 30: Daniel Dombrowski: Philosophical Vegetarianism and Animal Entitlements 31: Liliane Bodson: Zoological Knowledge in Ancient Greece and Rome 32: Adrienne Mayor: Ancient Fossil Discoveries and Interpretations 33: Joris Peters and Veronika Goebel: Veterinary Medicine Index

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There is much of great interest here both to the scholar and the layman. Peter Jones, Classics for All

useful and well written Nerissa Russell, Antiquity There is much of great interest here both to the scholar and the layman. Peter Jones, Classics for All

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Gordon Lindsay Campbell is Lecturer in Ancient Classics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

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