Description
"The Greeks and Romans sacrificed to the gods of products that were part of their diet. All human food was therefore an ideal medium to get in touch with them and honor them. Was it to much "Feeding the gods? "The question title opens the discussion on the subtle mechanisms of anthropomorphism at work behind the sacrificial rites. The analysis of these rites informs the representation of the divine and they convey the symbolic offering of food. The contributions of this volume can reconstruct by successive touches, a true "theology", in a speech on the divine induced by a variety of actions, selected foods and staging sometimes very elaborate frames."--Publisher's website.
