Beschreibung:
The papers collected in this volume present a systematic and comprehensive survey of women's role in the religion of the Ancient Greek polis.
1. Introduction,, Deities and their Worshippers,, 2. The Gamos of Hera: Myth and Ritual, Isabelle Clark,, 3. Domesticating Artemis, Susan Cole,, Objects of Worship,, 4. Marriage and the Maiden: Narratives on the Parthenon, Sue Blundell,, 5. Born Old or Never Young? Femininity, Childhood and the Goddesses of Ancient Greece, Lesley Beaumont,, 6. The Nature of Heroines, Emily Kearns, Ritual and Gender,, 7. Death Becomes Her: Gender and Athenian Death Ritual, Karen Stears,, 8. In the Mirror of Dionysus, Richard Seaford,, Sources and Interpreters,, 9. Thesmophoria and Haloa: Myth, Physics and Mysteries, Nick Lowe