Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity

Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University and author of Looking at Animals in Human History and editor of The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings (Berg, 2007)

• Introduction: Ancient AnimalsLinda Kalof, Michigan State University 1. Animals: From Souls and the Sacred in Prehistoric Times to Symbols and Slaves in AntiquityJim Mason, Independent Scholar, USA 2. Hunting in the Ancient Mediterranean WorldJ. Donald Hughes, University of Denver 3. How Domestic Animals Have Shaped the Development of Human SocietiesJuliet Clutton-Brock, Independent Scholar, UK 4. Beastly Spectacles in the Ancient Mediterranean WorldJo-Ann Shelton, University of California at Santa Barbara 5. The Observation and Use of Animals in the Development of Scientific Thought in the Ancient WorldAndrew Gordon, Independent Scholar, USA 6. Animals in Ancient Philosophy: Conceptions and MisconceptionsStephen T. Newmyer, Duquesne University 7. Animals into Art in the Ancient WorldChristine Morris, Trinity College, Dublin Notes Bibliography Index

The Cultural History of Animals presents an innovative and compelling introduction to current scholarship about the historical relationships between people and other animals.