The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life

The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.

Gordon Lindsay Campbell is Lecturer in Ancient Classics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Introduction
1. Aesop and Animal Fable, Jeremy B. Lefkowitz
2. Animals in Classical Art, Alastair Harden
3. Good to Laugh With: Animals in Comedy, Babette Putz
4. Animals in Epic, Laura Hawtree
5. Animals in Tragedy, Chiara Thumiger
6. Domestication and Breeding of Livestock: Horses, Mules, Asses, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine, Timothy Howe
7. Animal Husbandry and Farming, Geoffrey Kron
8. Value Economics: Animals, Wealth, and the Market, Timothy Howe
9. Fauna of the Ancient Mediterranean, Michael MacKinnon
10. Insects, Rory Egan
11. Ancient Fishing and Fish Farming, Geoffrey Kron
12. Hunting, Michael MacKinnon
13. Animal Communication, Thorsten Fogen
14. Origins of Life, and Origins of Species, Gordon Campbell
15. Civilization, Gastonomy, and Meat-eating, Jeremy McInerney
16. Pets, Michael MacKinnon
17. Animals in Warfare, Adrienne Mayor
18. Animal Magic, Daniel Ogden
19. Animals and Divination, Peter Struck
20. Animal Sacrifice in Antiquity, Gunnel Ekroth
21. Animals in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity, Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
22. Part-animal Gods, Emma Aston
23. Metamorphosis: Human in Animals, Chiara Thumiger
24. Wondrous Animals in Classical Antiquity, Mary Beagon
25. Animals in Egypt, Angela McDonald
26. Spectacles of Animal Abuse, Jo-Ann Shelton
27. Horse Racing and Chariot Racing, Sinclair Bell and Carolyn Willekes
28. Animals and Triumphs, Ida Ostenberg
29. Being the One and Becoming the Other: Animals in Ancient Philosophical Schools, Stephen T. Newmyer
30. Philosophical Vegetarianism and Animal Entitlements, Daniel Dombrowski
31. Zoological Knowledge in Ancient Greece and Rome, Liliane Bodson
32. Ancient Fossil Discoveries and Interpretations, Adrienne Mayor
33. Veterinary Medicine, Joris Peters and Veronika Gobel
Index