Homo Necans

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
AuthorWalter Burkert
Original titleHomo Necans: Interpretationen Altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen
LanguageGerman
SubjectAncient Greek religion
Publication date
1972
Publication placeGermany
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth (German: Homo Necans: Interpretationen Altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen) is a 1972 book on ancient Greek religion and mythology by the classicist Walter Burkert. It won the Weaver Award for Scholarly Literature, awarded by the Ingersoll Foundation, in 1992.