Homo Necans

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

Author	Walter Burkert
Original title	Homo Necans: Interpretationen Altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen
Language	German
Subject	Ancient Greek religion
Publication date	1972
Publication place	Germany
Media type	Print (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.