The Power of Blood
Blood and Blood Ties in Greek and Roman Discourse
Contributions by Sabine Müller Contributions by Kendra Eshleman Contributions by Christian Laes Contributions by Carlo Pelloso Contributions by Angelika Kellner Contributions by Teun Tieleman Contributions by Laurence Totelin Contributions by Jessica Lamont Contributions by Carlo Arrighi Contributions by Emily Kearns Contributions by Karen Klaiber Hersch Contributions by Jan Timmer Contributions by Bruno Bleckmann Contributions by Werner Eck Edited by Julia Hoffmann-Salz
Hardback (Published)
(May 2026)
ISBN: 9783525311783
6.34 x 9.25 inches
Price: $100.00
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Blood was everywhere in antiquity – but what did Greeks and Romans actually think about it? For the first time, this volume brings together studies on when and how blood and the ties it created were a topic in ancient discourse.
The ancient world was a world where blood flowed freely – from often large-scale public animal sacrifices, to violence in the arena, to menstruation in cramped living conditions and many other occasions. But despite this ubiquity of blood in everyday lives, sources for the Greek and Roman world only mention blood in specific circumstances and with specific meanings. With our contributions on blood in medicine, popular culture, religion, historiography, family and community identity as well as conflict and othering narratives the volume for the first time offers a comprehensive insight into the many contexts in which blood was a topic in Greek and Roman discourse. The contributions by renowned international experts show that blood was considered to be a substance charged with meaning where attitudes towards blood from different contexts interacted to give it a particular power for the ancient world.
- Contributions by Sabine Müller
- Contributions by Kendra Eshleman
- Contributions by Christian Laes
- Contributions by Carlo Pelloso
- Contributions by Angelika Kellner
- Contributions by Teun Tieleman
- Contributions by Laurence Totelin
- Contributions by Jessica Lamont
- Contributions by Carlo Arrighi
- Contributions by Emily Kearns
- Contributions by Karen Klaiber Hersch
- Contributions by Jan Timmer
- Contributions by Bruno Bleckmann
- Contributions by Werner Eck
- Edited by Julia Hoffmann-Salz
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