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Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat (Hardcover)

by Donald W. Engels (Author) "Egypt is the ultimate homeland of all domestic cats throughout the world, and so will always have a significant place in the history of the..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (20 Sep 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415212510
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415212519
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,430,019 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A domestic animal, the cat has always been an essential part of modern society and culture. The author of this great book offers a completely comprehensive background - religious and mythical - of the feline's importance in Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman times. With few illustrations, this is a book that is most interesting for its content and most useful for its extensive research and information. "Frankie's Bibliography of Ancient Egypt."
January 2001
"Well-written and researched--and stunningly illustrated."
-"Publisher's Weekly, November 15, 1999
..."I like this book: it is informative and makes a good read."
-Religious Studies Review


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Engles charts the history of the cat from the Egyptian period to the middle ages, deploying literary, artistic and archaeological evidence in order to present a lucid and entertaining picture of the significance of the feline in antiquity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars cat, 18 Jun 2002
This is a short history of a cat in Greece and Rome. It explane how the attitude to cats differ under Rome republic and in Imperial Rome and how the attitude to a cat, especially a black cat was changed under influence of Christians and how the black cat, the ancient symbol of luck has been changed into a symbol of a bad luck and the Devil
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3.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading, 3 Mar 2003
By Heino Viik "Heino" (Tallinn, Estonia) - See all my reviews
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The book is true to its title - Classical Cats. It really deals with ancient cats mostly. The medieval times are covered only briefly in the epilogue.

Frankly, my expectations were higher as I did not expect that so little information about ancient cats survives to present times. That is why the author has to base his story almost entirely on scenes on different art objects where cats are represented. Anyway, for me as a cat lover the time spent with the book was not wasted. It helped me to understand a little bit better the background of my extremely fluffy friend.
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