Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religous Role, and Social Functions - Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches - Claude Calame - Books - Rowman & Littlefield - 9780742515246 - June 13, 2001
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Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religous Role, and Social Functions - Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches New and Revised edition


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This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs.


304 pages, bibliography, index

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 13, 2001
ISBN13 9780742515246
Publishers Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 304
Dimensions 155 × 234 × 22 mm   ·   536 g   (Weight (estimated))
Translator Collins, Derek
Translator Orion, Janice

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