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Dogs in Ancient Greek Culture by luzu is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses dogs in ancient Greek literature, iconography, and osteological evidence from archaeological sites. Dogs accompanied gods and humans for hunting and protection. They served religious purposes and guarded homes. Representations of dogs in art increased in Classical and Hellenistic Greece. Archaeological evidence shows dogs were occasionally consumed as food in prehistoric Greece and later periods, and their bones have been found at many Neolithic and later sites across Greece and Cret

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luzu

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