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subject	book bibliographic info
boar	Kneebone (2020) 99, 100, 256, 257, 275
boar, animal species	Ekroth (2013) 255
boar, calydonian	Liapis and Petrides (2019) 29, 62, 261 Rutledge (2012) 31, 49, 237
boar, hunt, calydonian	Naiden (2013) 96
boar, hunt, erymathian	Naiden (2013) 96
boar, sacrifice to, heracles	Lupu(2005) 188
boar, sacrificial animals, species:	Stavrianopoulou (2006) 190, 191
boars	Hitch (2017) 233
boars, as oath sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 40, 139, 140
boars, as oath victims	Lupu(2005) 74, 131
boars, sacrifice	Lupu(2005) 188
boars, tydeus, and	Mcclellan (2019) 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
boar’s, tusks, augustus, and the calydonian	Rutledge (2012) 210

List of validated texts:

3 validated results for "boar"

1. Homer, Iliad, 19.252-19.254, 19.266-19.268 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Sacrificial animals, species: boar • boars as oath sacrifices • boars, as oath victims

Found in books: Lupu(2005) 131; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 139; Stavrianopoulou (2006) 190, 191

19.252. Ἀτρεΐδης δὲ ἐρυσσάμενος χείρεσσι μάχαιραν, 19.253. ἥ οἱ πὰρ ξίφεος μέγα κουλεὸν αἰὲν ἄωρτο, 19.254. κάπρου ἀπὸ τρίχας ἀρξάμενος Διὶ χεῖρας ἀνασχὼν
19.266. ἦ, καὶ ἀπὸ στόμαχον κάπρου τάμε νηλέϊ χαλκῷ. 19.267. τὸν μὲν Ταλθύβιος πολιῆς ἁλὸς ἐς μέγα λαῖτμα 19.268. ῥῖψʼ ἐπιδινήσας βόσιν ἰχθύσιν· αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς''. None

19.252. rose up, and Talthybius, whose voice was like a god's, took his stand by the side of the shepherd of the people, holding a boar in his hands. And the son of Atreus drew forth with his hand the knife that ever hung beside the great sheath of his sword, and cut the firstling hairs from the boar, and lifting up his hands " "
19.266. full many, even all that they are wont to give to him whoso sinneth against them in his swearing. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with the pitiless bronze, and the body Talthybius whirled and flung into the great gulf of the grey sea, to be food for the fishes; but Achilles uprose, and spake among the war-loving Argives: " "19.268. full many, even all that they are wont to give to him whoso sinneth against them in his swearing. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with the pitiless bronze, and the body Talthybius whirled and flung into the great gulf of the grey sea, to be food for the fishes; but Achilles uprose, and spake among the war-loving Argives: "". None

2. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • boars • boars as oath sacrifices

Found in books: Hitch (2017) 233; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 139

3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.24.11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • boars as oath sacrifices • boars, as oath victims

Found in books: Lupu(2005) 131; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014) 139

5.24.11. τὸν γοῦν κάπρον καθʼ ὅτου τῶν τομίων Ἀγαμέμνων ἐπώμοσεν ἦ μὴν εἶναι τὴν Βρισηίδα ἑαυτοῦ τῆς εὐνῆς ἀπείρατον, τοῦτον τὸν κάπρον ἀφιέμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ κήρυκος ἐποίησεν ἐς θάλασσαν· ἦ, καὶ ἀπὸ σφάραγον κάπρου τάμε νηλέι χαλκῷ. τὸν μὲν Ταλθύβιος πολιῆς ἁλὸς ἐς μέγα λαῖτμα ῥῖψʼ ἐπιδινήσας, βόσιν ἰχθύσιν. Hom. Il. 19.266-268 οὕτω μὲν τὸ ἀρχαῖον τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐνόμιζον· ἔστι δὲ πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν τοῦ Ὁρκίου πινάκιον χαλκοῦν, ἐπιγέγραπται δὲ ἐλεγεῖα ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ, δεῖμα ἐθέλοντα τοῖς ἐπιορκοῦσι παριστάναι.''. None

5.24.11. Homer proves this point clearly. For the boar, on the slices of which Agamemnon swore that verily Briseis had not lain with him, Homer says was thrown by the herald into the sea. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with ruthless bronze; And the boar Talthybius swung and cast into the great depth of the grey sea, to feed the fishes. Hom. Il. 19.266-268 Such was the ancient custom. Before the feet of the Oath-god is a bronze plate, with elegiac verses inscribed upon it, the object of which is to strike fear into those who forswear themselves. "". None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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