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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... role at the poem's end , a positive role that is reinforced by the fact that at the epic's close the poet aligns with the women and assumes the female voice of lamentation himself . Unity is a prominent element in the women's depiction ...
... role of Fama in the Dido episode of Aen . 4.173–97 . 9. On the motif and its various functions in Greek tragedy ... role of the pronuba in this regard , see Fantham 1992 , 147 . 18. For a reading of Marcia as an allegory for the Republic ...
... role for this birth goddess on Paros so irresistible . But in fact , as we shall see , there is little evidence for Eileithyia's role as a kourotrophic goddess anywhere in Greece , and absolutely none for her role in adoptions . The ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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