Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives: New Critical Perspectives - Hardcover

 
9780415289207: Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives: New Critical Perspectives
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415289203 ISBN 13: 9780415289207
Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and tragedy. In this books an international group of experts including Gloria Ferrari, Fritz Graf and Bruce Lincoln, critique many of these past studies, and challenge strongly the tradition of privileging the concept of initiation as a tool for studying social performances and literary texts, in which changes in status or group membership occur in unusual ways. These new modes of research mark an important turning point in the modern study of the religion and myths of ancient Greece and Rome, making this a valuable collection across a number of classical subjects.

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David Dodd, Christopher A. Faraone

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415289203
ISBN 13 
9780415289207
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
316
Editor
Dodd David, Faraone Christopher A.

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