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Chapter 5. Fas

Chapter 7. Religion and Superstition Abstract Since the Indo-Europeans did not conceive of that omnipresent reality which religion represents as a separate institution, they had no term to designate it. In those languages which do present such a term it is of great interest to trace the process by which it was constituted. In Ionic Greek, in Herodotus, the term thrēskeíē properly refers to the observances of cult prescriptions. The… Read more

Chapter 2. The Libation

Table of Contents Title Preface Abbreviations Book I: Economy Section 1: Livestock and Wealth Chapter 1. Male and Sire Chapter 2. A Lexical Opposition in Need of Revision: sūs and porcus Chapter 3. Próbaton and the Homeric Economy Chapter 4. Livestock and Money: pecu and pecunia Section 2: Giving and Taking Chapter 5. Gift and Exchange Chapter 6. Read more