The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks

摘要: For the Greeks, sharing of cooked meats was fundamental communal act, so that to become vegetarian a way refusing society. It follows roasting or cooking meat political as division portions asserted social order. And only proper manner preparing for consumption, according blood sacrifice. The myth is Prometheus, who introduced sacrifice and, in process, both joined us and separated from gods-and ambiguous relation recurs marriage growing grain. Thus we can understand why ascetic man refuses women meat, Greek celebrated festival grain-giving Demeter with instruments butchery. ambiguity coded consumption generated mythology "other"-werewolves, Scythians, Ethiopians, other "monsters." study sacrificial thus leads into exotic territory unexpected findings. In "The Cuisine Sacrifice," contributors-all scholars affiliated Center Comparative Studies Ancient Societies Paris-apply methods structural anthropology, comparative religion, philology diversity topics: power practice; Promethean foundation story representations found on vases; technique anatomy sacrifice; interaction image, language, ritual; position custom female ritual "Thesmophoria"; mythical status wolves Greece their domesticated animals; role significance food-related Homer Hesiod; ancient perceptions Scythian rites; remnants modern practices.