Becoming a man in ancient Greece and Rome : essays on myths and rituals of initiation / Jan N. Bremmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bremmer, Jan N., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Initiation rites--Greece--History--To 1500.

Initiation rites.

Initiation rites--Rome.

Men--Social life and customs.

Men.

Men--Identity.

History.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Title

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

Section I: Myths

1. Initiation and the Heroes of the Trojan War

2. Odysseus versus the Cyclops

3. Demons of the Wilderness: the Centaurs

4. The Myth of Meleager in Homer

5. Orpheus: from Guru to Gay

6. Theseus' and Peirithoos' Descent into the Underworld

7. Initiating Heracles

8. Transvestite Dionysos

9. Kaineus the Invulnerable

10. Oedipus and the Greek Oedipus Complex

Section II: Rituals

11. Initiation and Greek Pederasty

12. Adolescents, Symposion and Pederasty

13. Maternal Uncles and Grandfathers as Initiators, Educators and Role Models

14. Fosterage, Kinship and the Circulation of Children

15. The Suodales of Poplios Valesios

List of First Publications

Index of Names, Subjects and Passages.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9783161590092

3161590090

Publisher Number:

99988639993

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