The Semantics of Fertility: Levels of Meaning in the Thesmophoria

During the last 100 years, several interpretations of the Thesmophoria have been advanced. Following the typology of H.S. Versnel, we can classify these interpretations as substantive, functionalist and cosmological. The three approaches can be seen as comple­mentary, but in practice they are hardly...

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Published in:Kernos
Main Author: Chlup, Radek 1972- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Centre [2007]
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