Portrait of a Priestess : Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece /

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Archaeologist Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mulheres > Grecia antiga.
Literatura grega clássica (história e crítica)
Griekse oudheid.
Priesteressen.
Priesterin
Women priests.
Women and religion.
Religion.
Antiquities.
Prêtresses > Grece.
Femmes et religion > Grece.
Women priests > Greece.
Women and religion > Greece.
Griekenland.
Griechenland > Altertum
Greece.
Grece > Histoire > 146 av. J.-C.-323.
Grece > Antiquites.
Grece > Religion.
Greece > History > 146 B.C.-323 A.D.
Greece > Antiquities.
Greece > Religion.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : time, space, source material, and methods
  • Paths to priesthood : preparation, requirements, and acquisition
  • Priesthoods of prominence : Athena Polias at Athens, Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, Hera at Argos, and Apollo at Delphi
  • Dressing the part : costume, attribute, and mimesis
  • The priestess in the sanctuary : implements, portraits, and patronage
  • The priestess in action : procession, sacrifice, and benefaction
  • Priestly privilege : perquisites, honors, and authority
  • Death of the priestess : grave monuments, epitaphs, and public burial
  • The end of the line : the coming of Christianity
  • Conclusions.

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