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Author Dillon, Matthew, 1963-

Title Girls and women in classical Greek religion / Matthew Dillon.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 436 pages) : illustrations
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-401) and index.
Contents pt. 1 Public religious roles for girls and women -- 1. Women as dedicators -- 2. Public religious roles of girls and adolescent women in Athens -- 3. Women priests -- pt. 2. Segregated and ecstatic religious rites -- 4. Women-only festivals -- 5. Women at the margins of Greek religion -- 6. Prostitutes, foreign women and the gods -- pt. 3. Sacrificial and domestic rituals -- 7. From adolescent girl to woman, wife and mother -- 8. Women, sacrifice and impurity -- 9. Women and the corpse : mourning rituals.
Summary It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most importnat religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Women and religion -- Greece -- History.
Women and religion.
Greece.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Dillon, Matthew, 1963- Girls and women in classical Greek religion. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415202728 (DLC) 2001019956 (OCoLC)46792688
ISBN 0203621328 (electronic book)
9780203621325 (electronic book)
0415202728
9780415202725
6610021376
9786610021376
0415319161 (paperback)
9780415319164
9781134365098 (e-book: PDF)
1134365098
9781134365043 (e-book: Mobi)
1134365047
9781134365081 (e-book: ePub)
113436508X
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