READINGS: ANCIENT HUNTERS

Want to learn more about the role hunting played in ancient societies? Here are some books and articles to check out.

THE HUNT IN ANCIENT GREECE By Judith M. Barringer Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 ISBN: 978-0801866562 This volume on ancient Greek hunting is the most comprehensive on the subject. Covering hunting’s relation to warfare, aristocratic values, love, myth, and funerals, every aspect of Greek hunting is discussed. Rather than the act of hunting, although this is discussed, this book is focused on the idea of the hunt and how it figured in ancient Greek social life. BATTLE ELEPHANTS AND FLAMING FOXES: ANIMALS IN THE ROMAN WORLD By Caroline Cuerden-Freeman The History Press, 2023 ISBN: 978-0750999618 Animals were an integral part of the Roman world, not just in hunting and in the arena. In this book, Caroline Cuerden-Freeman explores the Romans relationship with animals. Writing in an informal style and including…

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