The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece by Sue Blundell... - 9780415126625

Taylor & Francis

The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient GreeceAuthor(s): Sue Blundell, Margaret Williamson, Margaret Williamson**Nfa***\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415126625, 978-0415126625\nSynopsis\nIn classical Greece women were almost entirely excluded from public life. Yet the feminine was accorded a central place in religious thought and [url] volume explores the often paradoxical centrality of the feminine in Greek culture, showing how out of sight was not out of mind. The contributors adopt perspectives from a wide range of disciplines, such as archaeology, art history, psychology and anthropology, in order to investigate various aspects of religion and cult. They include the part played by women in death ritual, the role of heroines, and the fact that goddesses had no childhood, at the same time posing questions about how we know what rituals meant to their participants.\nThe Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greec.