9.7.mil.Rom.2). In the sacred realm, Romans could also pollucere a tithe to the god Hercules.Footnote Greeks call the queen Hera, whereas Romans queen of gods is Juno. 39 At the centre of the whole complex was the immolatio, during which the animal was sprinkled with mola salsa (a mixture of spelt and salt), the flat of a knife was run along its back, and then it was slaughtered. The lack of interest in vegetal sacrifice is widespread in the field of religious studies (McClymond Reference McClymond2008: 65). Difference Between Romans and Greeks Another possible interpretation of the disappearance of some rituals from Latin literature is that the Romans no longer thought of them as distinct from one another, preferring to treat them all as sacrificium. Another way that mactare is different is that gods can mactare mortals at least in comedy, where characters sometimes wish that the gods would honour their enemies with trouble.Footnote 58 Scholars frequently stress the connection between sacrifice and eating: The idea of food underlies the idea of sacrifice.Footnote The modern assumption that sacrifice requires an animal victim obfuscates the full range of sacrificium among the Romans. In Latin, one does not sacrifice with a knife or with an axe. Flashcards. 1 Similarities Between Greek And Roman Architecture Furthermore, it seems reasonable to conclude that the miniature clay cows, birds, and other animals that are also commonly found in votive collections were also substitutes for live sacrificial victims.Footnote Although they are universally referred to as votive offerings in the scholarly literature, it is possible that they are, technically, sacrifices. But upon further reflection, in fact, the use of cruets and plates actually emphasizes the importance of the meal that concluded a Roman sacrifice. 100 and Paul. 176 and Serv., A. Macr., Sat. The same two interment rituals would be performed alongside one another again just about a century later, in 113 b.c.e. Two famous examples are found on the altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus (Ryberg Reference Ryberg1955: fig. Detry, Cleia nor does any Roman author ever express any sort of discomfort with this rite akin to Livy's shrinking back from the sacrifice of Gauls and Greeks. 90 This line of interpretation has enjoyed a wider influence in the study of Classical Antiquity than work along the lines of Burkert Reference Burkert and Bing1983 and Girard Reference Girard and Gregory1977, and the bibliography is enormous. Differences See Rosenblitt Reference Rosenblitt2011 for the connection between these two passages. Sacrificium included vegetal and inedible offerings, and it was not the only Roman ritual that had living victims. It is the only one of these terms that does not come to be used outside the realm of the divine. Furthermore, there is reason to think that the crucial moment, or perhaps the first crucial moment, in the whole ritual process of sacrificium for the Romans was the sprinkling of mola salsa onto the victim, whereas several important modern theorizations of sacrifice place the greatest emphasis on, and see the essential meaning of sacrifice in, the moment of slaughter.
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