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HUMAN SACRIFICE IN

ANCIENT GREECE

HUMAN SACRIFICE

IN ANCIENT GREECE

Dennis D.Hughes

London and New York

First published 1991

by Routledge

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Hughes, Dennis D.

Human sacrifice in ancient Greece.

1. Rituals. Human sacrifices, history

I. Title

291.34

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Hughes, Dennis D.

Human sacrifice in ancient Greece/Dennis D.Hughes.

p. cm.

Revision of the author’s thesis (Ph.D.)—The Ohio State University,

1986.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Human sacrifice—Greece. 2. Greece—Religion. I. Title.

BL795.H83H84 1991

393–dc20 90–46761

ISBN 0-203-03283-7 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-20791-2 (Adobe eReader Format)

ISBN 0-415-03483-3 (Print Edition)