Of Human Sacrifice and Barbarity: A Case Study of the Late Archaic Tumulus XVII at Istros
Journal: História Questões & Debates
Year: 2021

This article consists of a close examination of one of four Late Archaic-era tumular monuments that were excavated in the mid-1950s in the Northern Necropolis of the Pontic Greek settlement of Istros. The exploration of this monument, Tumulus XVII (circa 550-525 BCE), yielded several features that were immediately compared with heroic cremation burials as described in epic poetry (particularly the funeral of Patroklos in Homer’s Iliad ). Most striking among these features were the remains of thr