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Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion

By Matthew Dillon

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
9780415319164, 0415319161, 0203621328, 9780203621325, 9780203348345
Open Library ID
OL7491389M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14656751 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
448\447
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that their role in Greek religion was actually more important than that of men. Women invoked the gods' help in becoming pregnant, venerated the god of wine, worshipped new and exotic deities, used magic for both erotic and pain-relieving purposes, and far more besides. Clear and comprehensive, this volume challenges many stereotypes of Greek women and offers unexpected insights into their experience of religion. With more than fifty illustrations, and translated extracts from contemporary texts, this is an essential resource for the study of women and religion in classical Greece.

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