Finding Persephone: Women's Rituals in the Ancient MediterraneanMaryline G. Parca, Angeliki Tzanetou Indiana University Press, 2007 - 327 strán (strany) Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain. |
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... cult scenes , however , one should be aware of two important facts : first , these cult scenes are ex- tremely rare ; and second , they do not necessarily depict what we would call the high point or climax of the ritual . Rather , like ...
... cult of African Ceres . The god- dess's African cult differed from her Hellenized Italic cult in several important ways , and there is little evidence to indicate that requirements demanded of her African priestesses were relevant to ...
... cult and makes the hypothesis that her cult on the island of Paros was effectively a women's cult more plausible . Eileithyia never became an all - purpose deity who per- formed many different civic functions as did Athena or Apollo or ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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