English summary: These conference proceedings explore the encounter of human and animal nature from a philological, historical and archaeological perspective in areas such as the body, myth, religion and cult, politics and philosophy. Ancient texts and images present a broad variety of approaches to the question of how, if at all, to define the boundaries between both species. At the same time it becomes evident, how strongly the conception of both humans and animals were shaped by anthropomorphism, so that a distinction between both is in the end impossible. German description: Dieser Kongressband untersucht aus philologischer, historischer und archaologischer Perspektive verschiedene Bereiche der Antike, in denen Mensch und Tier, oder auch menschliche und tierische Naturen, aufeinandertreffen. Antike Texte und Bilder aus Religion und Kult, Mythos, Politik und Philosophie zeigen ein weites Spektrum an Moglichkeiten, wie die Grenzen zwischen Mensch und Tier gezogen oder aber auch aufgelost werden konnen. Die Vorstellungen, die sich in Sprache, Texten und Bildern manifestierten, sind allerdings so stark von Anthropomorphismus gepragt, dass eine konzeptionelle Trennung von Mensch und Tier kaum moglich ist.
About the Author: Annetta Alexandridis teaches Classical Art and Archaeology in the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University. She studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History and History of Art in Paris, Perugia and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, where she received her PhD in 1997. From 1998-99 she worked at the Antikensammlung in Berlin. From 1999-2005 she taught in the Department of Classics at Rostock University. Her publications include Die Frauen des romischen Kaiserhauses (Zabern 2004) and Archaologie der Photographie (together with Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer, Zabern 2004). She is currently working on a book on Shifting Species: The Iconography of Metamorphosis and Zoophilia from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period. Markus Wild teaches Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of the Early Modern Period at the Department of Philosophy at Humboldt University, Berlin. He studied Philosophy and German language and literature at Basel University, where he received his PhD in 2004. His publications include Die anthropologische Differenz. Der Geist der Tiere bei Montaigne, Descartes und Hume (de Gruyter 2006) and Tierphilosophie (Junius 2008). Together with Dominik Perler he edited Der Geist der Tiere. Philosophische Texte zu einer aktuellen Diskussion (Suhrkamp 2005). Lorenz Winkler-Horacek is curator of the collection of plaster casts at the Free University of Berlin, where he also teaches Classical Archaeology. He studied Classical Archaeology, Ancient History and Islamic Studies at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Heidelberg, where he received his PhD in 1991. From 1993-2007 he taught in the Department of Classics at Rostock University. His publications include Salus. Vom Staatskult zur politischen Idee (Archaologie und Geschichte 1995) and Monster in der fruhgriechischen Kunst. Die Uberwindung des Unfassbaren (de Gruyter 2008). His research focuses on images as part of cultural encounters, Roman representational art and different forms of visual communication.