The cult of divine birth in ancient Greece
Introduction -- A taxonomy of divine birth priestesshoods -- Divinity, birth, and virginity : the Greek worldview -- Athena's divine birth priestesshood -- Artemis's divine birth priestesshood -- Hera's divine birth priestesshood -- The divine birth priestesshood at Dodona -- The divi...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Nex York, NY [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2009
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In: | Year: 2009 |
Edition: | 1. publ. |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Priestess
/ Birth
/ Divinity
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Further subjects: | B
Women and religion (Greece)
B Women priests (Greece) B Virgin birth (Mythology) B Goddesses, Greek B Greece Religion |
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Summary: | Introduction -- A taxonomy of divine birth priestesshoods -- Divinity, birth, and virginity : the Greek worldview -- Athena's divine birth priestesshood -- Artemis's divine birth priestesshood -- Hera's divine birth priestesshood -- The divine birth priestesshood at Dodona -- The divine birth priestesshood at Delphi -- Is virgin birth possible and other outrageous questions |
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Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [247] - 261 Mit Reg Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke 1. published in hardcover in 2009. - 1. Palgrave Macmillan paperback ed. in 2011. - Transferred to digital printing in 2011 |
ISBN: | 0230111327 |