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Death and the Maiden : Girls' Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology

by: Dowden, K.

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 
Category: Mythology / Ancient Religion
Code: 21559
ISBN-13: 9780415012638 / 978-0-415-01263-8
ISBN-10: 0415012635 / 0-415-01263-5
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1989
Publication Place: London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 257
Book Condition: Very good

Death and the maiden : girls' initiation rites in Greek mythology

Author:Ken Dowden

Summary:Many Greek myths concern the plight of virgins; here, Dowden sets these myths in their Greek geographical, historical and cultural context. This book should be of interest to advanced students of classics, ancient history, mythology and religious studies.

Contents:
1. Origins of a mythology : a view from the grave
2. The north-east : Iphigeneia, deer, and bears
3. Thessalians and other Aeolic Greeks : Achilles and Leukippos
4. Tiryns : the daughter of Proitos
5. Triphylia : Melampous and the nymphs of Artemis
6. Mycenae : Io and Argos 'all-seeing'
7. Argos and Rhodes : the Danaids
8. Short stories from Achaia and Arcadia
9. Origins of a mythology : some conclusions


x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm


Subjects:
Death Mythology
Filles Mythologie
Girls Greece Mythology
Girls Mythology
Griekse oudheid
Initiatie
Initiation rites Greece Mythology
Initiation rites Mythology
Meisjes
Mort Mythologie
Mythen
Mythologie grecque
Mythology, Greek
Rites d'initiation Mythologie

Includes indexes

 

 
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Death and the Maiden : Girls' Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology

by: Dowden, K.

  • ISBN-13: 9780415012638 / 978-0-415-01263-8
  • ISBN-03: 0415012635 / 0-415-01263-5
  • Routledge, London, 1989

Price: 69,00 EURO

1 copy in stock