Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece Their Morphology, Religous Role, and Social Functions
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2001
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780742515246
Publisert
2001-08-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Vekt
508 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter
Biographical note
Claude Calame is professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
In this groundbreaking work, Claude Calame argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry are more than literary texts; rather, they functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, Calame reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs, demonstrating their function in an aesthetic education that permitted the young girls to achieve the stature of womanhood and to be integrated into the adult civic community. This first English edition includes an updated bibliography.
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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.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780742515246
Publisert
2001-08-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Vekt
508 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter