Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata

Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata

The paper discusses the status of piglets used at some point of initiation in Eleusinian Mysteries. According to scholarly tradition two scenarios are possible: the piglets were either used as katharmata and subsequently discarded as contaminated or they were sacrificed to some deities and at least...

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Main Author: Bartlomiej Bednarek
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: University of Perugia 2017-09-01
Series:Otium
Subjects:
piglet, Eleusinian Mysteries, meat, animal sacrifice, Aristophanes
Online Access:http://www.otium.unipg.it/otium/article/view/30
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spelling doaj-f6ee7b7d465b47048b703c5162785cea2020-11-25T01:50:34ZitaUniversity of PerugiaOtium2532-03352017-09-01230Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminataBartlomiej Bednarek0Uniwersytet Jagielloński, KrakówThe paper discusses the status of piglets used at some point of initiation in Eleusinian Mysteries. According to scholarly tradition two scenarios are possible: the piglets were either used as katharmata and subsequently discarded as contaminated or they were sacrificed to some deities and at least partially eaten by human participants in the ritual. The passage from Aristophanes' Frogs discussed in the paper is usually taken as a strong evidence in favour of that latter interpretation. This reading, as I argue, does not give justice to its function within Aristophanic comedy.http://www.otium.unipg.it/otium/article/view/30piglet, Eleusinian Mysteries, meat, animal sacrifice, Aristophanes
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Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
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piglet, Eleusinian Mysteries, meat, animal sacrifice, Aristophanes
author_facet Bartlomiej Bednarek
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title Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
title_short Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
title_full Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
title_fullStr Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
title_full_unstemmed Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
title_sort sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata
publisher University of Perugia
series Otium
issn 2532-0335
publishDate 2017-09-01
description The paper discusses the status of piglets used at some point of initiation in Eleusinian Mysteries. According to scholarly tradition two scenarios are possible: the piglets were either used as katharmata and subsequently discarded as contaminated or they were sacrificed to some deities and at least partially eaten by human participants in the ritual. The passage from Aristophanes' Frogs discussed in the paper is usually taken as a strong evidence in favour of that latter interpretation. This reading, as I argue, does not give justice to its function within Aristophanic comedy.
topic piglet, Eleusinian Mysteries, meat, animal sacrifice, Aristophanes
url http://www.otium.unipg.it/otium/article/view/30
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