The Cattle of the Sun: Cows and Culture in the World of the Ancient Greeks by Jeremy McInerney

The Cattle of the Sun: Cows and Culture in the World of the Ancient Greeks

Jeremy McInerney

340 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

informative slow-paced
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Though Greece is traditionally seen as an agrarian society, cattle were essential to Greek communal life, through religious sacrifice and dietary consumption. Cattle were also pivotal in mythology: gods and heroes stole cattle, expected sacrifices...

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