Starting from Herodotus’ description of the scene of the burning of Croesus, a capital punishment (which was not carried out) to which the historian ascribes features of human sacrifice, the research proposes an analysis of the accounts in the Histories of episodes that are usually interpreted as human sacrifices, trying to distinguish their types and functions.
Πρῆγμα οὐκ ὅσιον. I sacrifici umani nelle Storie di Erodoto
Gazzano, Francesca
2024-01-01
Abstract
Starting from Herodotus’ description of the scene of the burning of Croesus, a capital punishment (which was not carried out) to which the historian ascribes features of human sacrifice, the research proposes an analysis of the accounts in the Histories of episodes that are usually interpreted as human sacrifices, trying to distinguish their types and functions.
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