Nel Nome di Apollo e di Artemide: Sangue, Miasma, e Trasmissione del Sapere Rituale nella Grecia Antica

This paper explores notions of impurity around human blood in ancient Greek world, with the intent to show how the knowledge and praxis concerning its miasma were transmitted. It will focus on the pollution and purification around blood shed in homicide as well as women’s blood discharge. The pollut...

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Main Author: Irene Salvo
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: University of Perugia 2017-09-01
Series:Otium
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Online Access:http://www.otium.unipg.it/otium/article/view/31