Abstract

This article tries to analyze and comment on the greater amount of references regarding the phenomenon of cannibalism that there exists in Greek and Latin literary tradition. After reviewing many of the sources, it is possible to distinguish the different ways in which this tradition approached such phenomenon and to discover a common intention: starting from the mythology or the Homeric epic, going through the different philosophical trends and schools of thought, we will begin to realize and conclude that in many occasions there is a use of the concept of cannibalism to negatively define «the other», the outcast or foreigner, opening thus a topic that still survives nowadays.

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  • This article tries to analyze and comment on the greater amount of references regarding the phenomenon of cannibalism that there exists in Greek and Latin literary tradition

  • After reviewing many of the sources, it is possible to distinguish the different ways in which this tradition approached such phenomenon and to discover a common intention: starting from the mythology or the Homeric epic, going through the different philosophical trends and schools of thought, we will begin to realize and conclude that in many occasions there is a use of the concept of cannibalism to negatively define «the other», the outcast or foreigner, opening a topic that still survives nowadays

  • Los cínicos y los estoicos, representados en las figuras de personajes no solo extraordinarios, sino también excéntricos, muestran comprensión e incluso justifican de algún modo las prácticas caníbales, tal vez buscando llegar a los límites de las convenciones sociales y no tanto distanciarse de la sociedad a la que pertenecen (tesis de McGowan), como de las enseñanzas filosóficas más asentadas (tesis de Hook)

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This article tries to analyze and comment on the greater amount of references regarding the phenomenon of cannibalism that there exists in Greek and Latin literary tradition.

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