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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... magic ceremony addressed to a " wheel " in Theocritus ' Idyll 2 ( lines 15–17 below ) , or the in- cantation itself in a self - referential mode in Vergil's Eclogue 8 , emphasize the importance of the utterance : φάρμακα ταῦτ ̓ ἔρδοισα ...
... magic in work - songs , though cryptic to the modern reader , must have been perceptible to their contemporary audience.20 Erotic spells offer a useful comparison , since they too often take the form of a task that must be completed in ...
... magic , who performs magic , effective of speech , excellent of words ” ( quoted from Ritner 1995 , 34 ) . Her statement encapsulates the essence of magic : a rite that one performs with the accompaniment of speech , that seeks to bring ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
Autorské práva | |
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