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Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Women priests.
Women and religion.
Greece--Religion.
Greece.
Religion.
Women and religion--Greece.
Women priests--Greece.
Greece--Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Greece--History--146 B.C.-323 A.D.
History.
Physical Description:
xv, 413 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Place of Publication:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-381) and indexes.
ISBN:
0691127468
9780691127460
OCLC:
67728101

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