The cattle of the sun
Subtitle: cows and culture in the world of the ancient Greeks
By: Jeremy McInerney
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780691140070
Notes: Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cattle habits; title: The paradoxes of pastoralism; title: Cattle systems in Bronze Age Greece; title: Epic consumption; title: Heroes and gods; title: Gods, cattle, and space; title: Sacred economics; title: Cities and cattle business; title: Sacred law; title: Authority and value; title: Conclusions.