9780822630623-0822630621-Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)

Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches)

ISBN-13: 9780822630623
ISBN-10: 0822630621
Author:
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover 352 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780822630623
ISBN-10: 0822630621
Author:
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover 352 pages

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Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) (ISBN-13: 9780822630623 and ISBN-10: 0822630621), written by authors , was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 1997. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.39.

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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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