The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Index Database

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All subjects (including unvalidated):

subject	book bibliographic info
bestial	Lateiner and Spatharas (2016) 35, 74, 192, 193, 198, 215, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228
bestial, and hunting imagery, artemis, s. biagio at metapontion	Kowalzig (2007) 295, 296, 297, 309, 310, 395
bestial, imagery, proitids	Kowalzig (2007) 278, 279, 280, 281
bestial, transformation through, magic	Pinheiro et al (2012a) 240
bestiality	Bloch (2022) 161, 162, 163 Schwartz (2008) 258, 290, 360, 371
bestiality, among humans	Isaac (2004) 199, 200, 201
bestiality, and environmental theory	Isaac (2004) 200
bestiality, aristotle, on	Isaac (2004) 199, 200, 201, 205
‘bestial’, in galen, hallucinations	Kazantzidis and Spatharas (2012) 272

List of validated texts:

2 validated results for "bestial"

1. Polybius, Histories, 2.35.3, 15.33.10 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Bestiality • barbarians/barbarity, brutal and cruel behavior ascribed to • brutality,

Found in books: Gruen (2020) 57, 63, 65; Hau (2017) 70; Schwartz (2008) 290

2.35.3. κατὰ δὲ τὰς ἐπιβολὰς καὶ τὴν ἀκρισίαν τοῦ κατὰ μέρος χειρισμοῦ τελέως εὐκαταφρόνητος διὰ τὸ μὴ τὸ πλεῖον ἀλλὰ συλλήβδην ἅπαν τὸ γινόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν Γαλατῶν θυμῷ μᾶλλον ἢ λογισμῷ βραβεύεσθαι.
15.33.10. δεινὴ γάρ τις ἡ περὶ τοὺς θυμοὺς ὠμότης γίνεται τῶν κατὰ τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἀνθρώπων.''. None

2.35.3. \xa0but is quite contemptible as regards the plan of the campaigns, and the judgement shown in executing it, not most steps but every single step that the Gauls took being commended to them rather by the heat of passion than by cool calculation. <
15.33.10. \xa0For terrible is the cruelty of the Egyptians when their anger is aroused. <''. None

2. None, None, nan (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Acorn, brutish provender of • bestial • magic, bestial transformation through

Found in books: Griffiths (1975) 2; Lateiner and Spatharas (2016) 220, 222; Pinheiro et al (2012a) 240

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