Advance Praise: âWho dares in this day to advance a comparatist approach? Woodard takes this challenge on with intelligence and dexterity to, examine Roman rituals and Indo-European myths. We are led by the warrior god Indra, and confronted in turn by CuChulainn, Hercules, and Batraz, in a thrilling comparative journey, traced by a master hand.â âClaude Calame, Directeur dâĂ©tudes Ă lâEcole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
âThis book is about the âdysfunctional raging warriorâ in Indo-European traditions, especially as reflected in Roman rituals and in the myths linked to these rituals. The author shows a masterful command of the relevant evidence, which requires the most careful and precise analysis of text and language.â âGregory Nagy, Harvard University