Mensch und Tier in der Antike

Grenzziehung und Grenzüberschreitung

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These conference proceedings explore the encounter of human and animal nature from a philological, historical and archaeological perspective in areas such as the body, myth, religion and cult, politics and philosophy. Ancient texts and images present a broad variety of …

Skythika in Transkaukasien

Reiternomadische Sachkultur im archäologischen Fundkontext

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This volume deals with so called scythoid finds in Transcaucasia usually interpreted as traces of nomadic invasions. On contrary, the analysis of the archaeological material shows a several use of scythian weapons in different contexts. In most cases Scythian finds …

Der imaginierte Nomade

Formel und Realitätsbezug bei antiken, mittelalterlichen und arabischen Autoren

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When a pre-modern author writes about nomads, his writing is immediately suspected of being soaked with literary formulae. This suspicion, which is no doubt justified, is for the historian linked to the question: what kind of reality can be seen …