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Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece
- Title
- Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.
- Author
- Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-
- Publication
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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- Description
- xv, 413 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-381) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction : time, space, source material, and methods -- Paths to priesthood : preparation, requirements, and acquisition -- Priesthoods of prominence : Athena Polias at Athens, Demeter and Kore at Eleusis, Hera at Argos, and Apollo at Delphi -- Dressing the part : costume, attribute, and mimesis -- The priestess in the sanctuary : implements, portraits, and patronage -- The priestess in action : procession, sacrifice, and benefaction -- Priestly privilege : perquisites, honors, and authority -- Death of the priestess : grave monuments, epitaphs, and public burial -- The end of the line : the coming of Christianity -- Conclusions.
- Call Number
- JFF 07-598
- ISBN
- 0691127468 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780691127460 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006013073
- OCLC
- 67728101
- Author
- Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-
- Title
- Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.
- Imprint
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-381) and indexes.
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- Research Call Number
- JFF 07-598