Singing for the Gods : Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford Classical Monographs
ISBN-10
0199639507
ISBN-13
9780199639502
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 22nd, 2011
Print length
528 Pages
Weight
776 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.80 x 2.90 cms
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A new approach to an old question - the relationship between myth and ritual. Barbara Kowalzig shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, helped to effect social and political change in their own time.
Singing for the Gods develops a new approach towards an old question in the study of religion - the relationship of myth and ritual. Focusing on ancient Greek religion, Barbara Kowalzig exploits the joint occurrence of myth and ritual in archaic and classical Greek song-culture. She shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, help to effect social and political change in their own time. Religious song emerges as integral to a rapidly changing society hovering between local, regional, and panhellenic identities and between aristocratic rule and democracy. Drawing on contemporary debates on myth, ritual, and performance in social anthropology, modern history, and theatre studies, this book establishes Greek religion''s dynamic role and gives religious song-culture its deserved place in the study of Greek history.
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