| Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions Contributor(s): Calame, Claude (Author), Orion, Janice (Author), Collins, Derek (Author) |
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ISBN: 082263063X ISBN-13: 9780822630630 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Religion |
| Dewey: 882.010 |
| LCCN: 97110468 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |