Choruses of young women in ancient Greece : their morphology, religious role, and social function /

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...

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Main Author:	Calame, Claude
Other Authors:	Collins, Derek (Translator, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/trl), Orion, Janice (Translator, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/trl)
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2001], ©2001 Lanham : c2001 Lanham, Md. : c2001 Lanham : [2001]
Edition:	New and rev. ed
Series:	Greek studies Greek studies
Subjects:	Alcman > Partheneion Alcman > Partheneion. Partheneion (Alcman) Drama > Chorus (Greek drama) Music, Greek and Roman > History and criticism Women > Greece Music, Greek and Roman Women Greece > Religious life and customs Greece Criticism, interpretation, etc

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