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The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks
The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the Greeks
Author: Marcel Detienne, Jean-Pierre Vernant
For the Greeks, the sharing of cooked meats was the fundamental communal act, so that to become vegetarian was a way of refusing society. It follows that the roasting or cooking of meat was a political act, as the division of portions asserted a social order. And the only proper manner of preparing meat for consumption, according to the Greeks, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226143538
ISBN-10: 0226143538
Publication Date: 3/15/1998
Pages: 284
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
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