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boar Kneebone (2020), Orthodoxy and the Courts in Late Antiquity, 99, 100, 256, 257, 275
boar, animal species Ekroth (2013), The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period, 255
boar, calydonian Liapis and Petrides (2019), Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca, 29, 62, 261
Rutledge (2012), Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting, 31, 49, 237
boar, hunt of calydonian Skempis and Ziogas (2014), Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic 151
boar, hunt, calydonian Naiden (2013), Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman Periods, 96
boar, hunt, erymathian Naiden (2013), Smoke Signals for the Gods: Ancient Greek Sacrifice from the Archaic through Roman Periods, 96
boar, hunt, of calydonian Skempis and Ziogas (2014), Geography, Topography, Landscape: Configurations of Space in Greek and Roman Epic 151
boar, longus Bowie (2023), Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture, Volume 2: Comedy, Herodotus, Hellenistic and Imperial Greek Poetry, the Novels. 873
boar, sacrifice to, heracles Lupu (2005), Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents (NGSL) 188
boar, sacrificial animals, species: Stavrianopoulou (2006), Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World, 190, 191
boar, wild Schaaf (2019), Animal Kingdom of Heaven: Anthropozoological Aspects in the Late Antique World. 61
boars Fletcher (2023), The Ass of the Gods: Apuleius' Golden Ass, the Onos Attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman Metamorphosis Literature, 55, 56, 202
Hitch (2017), Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world, 233
boars, as oath sacrifices Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 40, 139, 140
boars, as oath victims Lupu (2005), Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents (NGSL) 74, 131
boars, sacrifice Lupu (2005), Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents (NGSL) 188
boars, tydeus, and Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
boar’s, tusks, augustus, and the calydonian Rutledge (2012), Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting, 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), Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents (NGSL) 131; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 139; Stavrianopoulou (2006), Ritual and Communication in the Graeco-Roman World, 190, 191

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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
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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), Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world, 233; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 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), Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents (NGSL) 131; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 139

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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
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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.