Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece : Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
ISBN-10
082263063X
ISBN-13
9780822630630
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 1996
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
452 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 2.10 cms
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Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, this book reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs sung by young women in ancient Greece, demonstrating their function in an aesthetic education that permitted the young girls to achieve the stature of womanhood.
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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