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Portrait of a priestess : women and ritual in ancient Greece / Joan Breton Connelly.

By: Connelly, Joan Breton, 1954-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, [2010] Description: xv, 421 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691143842; 0691143846Subject(s): 146 B.C.-323 A.D | Women and religion -- Greece | Women priests -- Greece | Antiquities | Religion | Women and religion | Women priests | Greece -- Religion | Greece -- Antiquities | Greece -- History -- 146 B.C.-323 A.D | GreeceGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 292.61082 LOC classification: BL795.W65 | C66 2010Online resources: cover art
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.
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"... first paperback printing, with a new glossary and maps"--T.p. verso.

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

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