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From the European assimilation and destruction of the New World to our present environmental destruction of our shared world, Humans, among Other Classical Animals demonstrates how the Classics have been implicated in the structures of thought that have ultimately led us to our present historical moment.

This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming.

Introduction: critical theory and the classical world -- Out of the ancient earth -- Marx, Epicurus and the classical world -- Mnemosyne: art, memory, objects -- Human: Troy -- Force: Achilles -- Enlightenment: Odysseus -- Cosmos: the classical gods -- Spirit: the classical statue -- Domination: the Atreides

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Map -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- PART 1 THEMATIC STUDY: WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Introduction to Women in the Ancient World -- 1.1 Women of Legend -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.2 Young Women -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.3 Women in the Home -- GREECE: ATHENS -- GREECE: SPARTA -- ROME -- 1.4 'Improper' Women -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.5 Women and Religion -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.6 Women in Power -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.7 Warrior Women -- GREECE -- ROME -- 1.8 Women to be Feared -- GREECE -- ROME -- What to Expect in the Exam for Women in the Ancient World -- THE EXAMINATION -- QUESTION TYPES -- GENERAL EXAM SKILLS -- PART 2 CULTURE AND LITERATURE -- Introduction to the Culture and Literature Options -- L& -- C 1 The Homeric World -- Introduction to the Homeric World -- Culture -- 2.1 Key Sites -- THE CONCEPT AND DATING OF THE MYCENAEAN AGE -- THE LOCATION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE KEY SITES, INCLUDING MYCENAE, TIRYNS AND TROY -- THE LAYOUT AND STRUCTURES OF THE SITES OF MYCENAE AND TIRYNS -- TROY -- 2.2 Life in the Mycenaean Age -- PALACES -- HUNTING -- ARMOUR AND WEAPONS -- CHARIOTS -- CLOTHING -- TRADE -- LINEAR B TABLETS -- 2.3 Decorative Arts -- FRESCOES -- JEWELLERY -- DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND THEIR CREATION -- 2.4 Tombs, Graves and Burial -- BURIAL CUSTOMS -- STRUCTURE AND USE OF CIST GRAVES -- STRUCTURE AND USE OF SHAFT GRAVES -- STRUCTURE AND USE OF THOLOS AND CHAMBER TOMBS -- THE USE OF FUNERARY OBJECTS -- THE CONTENTS OF THE GRAVES OF GRAVE CIRCLE A AND GRAVE CIRCLE B AT MYCENAE -- Literature -- 2.5 Literary Techniques and Composition -- HOMER AS A STORY-TELLER AND THE IDEA OF EPIC -- THE PLOT OF THE ODYSSEY -- THE INDIVIDUAL BOOKS -- HOW THE ODYSSEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMPOSED AND PERFORMED -- 2.6 Themes -- XENIA (GUEST-FRIENDSHIP).

This is a collection of essays exploring the relationship between classics and national cultures across many regions including China, India, Mexico, Japan, and South Africa, as well as Germany, Greece, and Italy. It poses new questions for the study of antiquity and for the history of nations and nationalisms

""The Euhemerist and the European Perception and Description of the American Indians""""Myths and Legends in the Old World and European Expansionism on the American Continent""; ""The Other World and the â€?Antipodesâ€?. The Myth of Unknown Countries between Antiquity and the Renaissance""; ""The Amazon Myth and Latin America""; ""Â"El DoradoÂ" and the Myth of the Golden Fleece""; ""Classical Antiquity, America, and the Myth of the Noble Savage""; ""Adveniat tandem Typhis qui detegat orbes. COLUMBUS in Neo-Latin Epic Poetry (15thâ€?18th Centuries)""