The Athenian Adonia in Context: The Adonis Festival as Cultural Practice

ISBN-13: 9780299308247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 288 str.

Laurialan Reitzammer

Opis

Rediscovers the symbolism of women's rituals in ancient Athens. A timely contribution to studies of the ways gender and sexuality intersect with religion and culture in ancient Greece.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments Abbreviations and References
• Introduction
• 1 Adonis and the Adonia: Trends in Representation, Ancient and Modern
• 2 Weddings: Stairway to Heaven
• 3 Funerals: Aristophanes's Adôniazousai
• 4 Philosophy: Gardening for Fun in Plato's Phaedrus
• Conclusion
• Figures
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index