Choruses of young women in ancient Greece : their morphology, religious role, and social function / Claude Calame ; translated by Derek Collins and Janice Orion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calame, Claude.

Contributor:

Collins, Derek.

Orion, Janice

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Greek studies

Standardized Title:

Chœurs de jeunes filles en Grèce archaïque. 1, Morphologie, fonction religieuse et sociale. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.

Music, Greek and Roman.

Drama--Chorus (Greek drama).

Drama.

Women--Greece.

Women.

Greece.

Greece--Religious life and customs.

Alcman. Partheneion.

Alcman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 282 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [1997]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Calame, Claude. Chœurs de jeunes filles en Grèce archaïque. 1, Morphologie, fonction religieuse et sociale. English. Choruses of young women in ancient Greece.

OCLC:

680273022

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