Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.
Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.
Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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NQ292.61082/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 415 p. : ill, ; 26 cm.
Contents
Introduction : time, space, source material, and methods -- Paths to priesthood : preparation, requirements and acquisition -- Priesthoods of prominence : Athena Polias at Athens, Demeter at Eleusis, Hera at Argos, and Apollo at Delphi -- Dressing the part : costume, attribute and impersonation -- T...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
2007.
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State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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"This is the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Joan Breton Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them - the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias - to basket bearers and handmaidens. In doing so, Conne...
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Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ292.61082/1
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74VKO8axQJlg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO8axQJlg
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ISBN
0691127468 (hbk.) :
9780691127460 (hbk.) :
DDC
292.610820938
MMS ID
991022592959702626
