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Portrait of a Priestess : : Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece

Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954- Book - 2007 292.61 Co 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.4 out of 5

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Introduction : time, space, source material, and methods -- Paths to priesthood : preparation, requirements, and acquisition -- Priesthoods of prominence : Athena Polias at Athens, Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, Hera at Argos, and Apollo at Delphi -- Dressing the part : costume, attribute, and mimesis -- The priestess in the sanctuary : implements, portraits, and patronage -- The priestess in action : procession, sacrifice, and benefaction -- Priestly privilege : perquisites, honors, and authority -- Death of the priestess : grave monuments, epitaphs, and public burial -- The end of the line : the coming of Christianity -- Conclusions.

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PUBLISHED
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: xv, 413 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0691127468 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691127460 (hardcover : alk. paper)

SUBJECTS
Women and religion -- Greece.
Women priests -- Greece.
Greece -- Religion.
Greece -- Antiquities.
Greece -- History -- 146 B.C.-323 A.D.