![]() ![]() In compensation, perhaps, Minoan-Mycenaean Greece is privileged with three chapters. On the other hand, we are taken from 4 th /3 rd millennium Mesopotamia straight to Neo-Assyrian times, omitting both the Old Assyrian and Babylonian periods, while Syria and the Levant are nowhere to be seen. The volume covers a wide swathe of cultures, including areas rarely considered by ‘Old World’ archaeologists from the Indus Valley to Europe circa 500 CE. The elements of the Master’s depiction are nonetheless variously mixed and recombined in different cultural contexts: “the function and context of the Master of Animals were always a matter of local concern.” (p. As such, the type is not only extraordinarily long-lived but demonstrates almost universal appeal. Thus, a king/hero/god qualifies if he is controlling, destroying, or even hunting wild beasts. ![]() The editors of this stimulating volume, however, extend the title to all male humans (or humanoids) demonstrating power over animals. Who or what qualifies as a ‘The Master of Animals’ (hereafter Master)? The classic representation of a central male figure in hand-to-hand contest with one or more animals is already a relatively standardized image by the end of the 4 th millennium in Mesopotamia. ![]()
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