PECUS.
MAN AND ANIMAL IN ANTIQUITY
Proceedings of the conference at the Swedish Institute in Rome, September 9-12,
2002. Ed Barbro Santillo Frizell (The Swedish
Institute in Rome. Projects and Seminars, 1), Rome 2004.
© The
Swedish Institute in Rome and individual authors.
ISSN 1824-7725
From the very beginning of civilization domestic animals constituted
an undividable part in the life of human beings. Since then people have
lived with animals in their daily life, for work and production, for transport
of goods and men in war and peace, for ceremonial processions, as pets
and faithful companions, and as symbols and metaphors for ideological
concepts. The aim of the PECUS-conference at the Swedish Institute in
Rome, September 2002, was to investigate the relation between man and
animal in antiquity, going beyond the purely utilitarian aspects. This
volume presents the results of the meeting, which gathered scholars from
all over the world including a choice of academic disciplines and scholarly
traditions.
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