Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion
No Customer Reviews
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that their role in Greek religion was actually more important than that of men. Women invoked the gods' help in becoming pregnant, venerated the god of wine, worshipped new and exotic deities, used magic for...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415319161
ISBN13:9780415319164
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:Routledge
Length:436 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
0 rating
Copyright © 2024 Thriftbooks.com Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks® and the ThriftBooks® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
