Animals in the Classical World

1. Introduction
Alastair Harden

1. Defining ‘Animal’: Ancient Writers on Animal Nature

2. Animal Origins, Minds and Capacities
Alastair Harden

3. Animal Justice and Morals
Alastair Harden

4. The Ancient Idea of Vegetarianism
Alastair Harden

5. Observing and Imagining Animal Behaviour
Alastair Harden

6. Animals and Cultural Identity
Alastair Harden

7. Bucolic Ideals and the Golden Age
Alastair Harden

2. The Treatment of Animals in the Classical World

8. Animal Study and Experimentation
Alastair Harden

9. Animals and Warfare
Alastair Harden

10. The Economic Animal: Farming, Food and Trade
Alastair Harden

11. Sacrifice and Sacred Animals
Alastair Harden

12. Hunting Animals
Alastair Harden

13. Animals and Public Entertainment
Alastair Harden

Keywords: Philosophy, Ethics, Classical Philosophy, Fine Arts, Aesthetics, Sociology, general, Moral Philosophy