Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives
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Adolescent Initiation Rites
Ancient Greece
ancient religious practices
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Athenian Ephebeia
Black Hunter
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classical anthropology
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gendered initiation processes
Greek ritual studies
Initiation Narrative
Initiation Paradigm
Initiation Rites
initiations
initiatory
Kato Syme
Kinsmen
Kourotrophic Deity
liminality theory
Locri
Magical Initiation
Maturation Rites
mythological symbolism
paradigm
pierre
Poseidon
Precinct
Priestess
rites
rites of passage analysis
Tiresias
tribal
Tribal Initiations
Uninitiated
Van Gennep
Van Gennep's Work
vidal-naquet
Young Men
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- ISBN 9780415289207
- Weight: 740g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 27 Mar 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
David Dodd, Christopher A. Faraone
