Dance And Ritual Play In Greek Religion

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Dance And Ritual Play In Greek Religion

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Author : Steven Lonsdale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-09

Dance And Ritual Play In Greek Religion written by Steven Lonsdale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-09 with History categories.

In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life and death. In Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion, Steven Lonsdale looks at how the Greeks themselves regarded the act of dance, and how dance and related forms of ritual play in Greek religious festivals served a wide variety of functions in Greek society. The act of worship, he explains, often implied engaging in collective rites regulated by playful behavior, the most common forms of which were group hymns and choral dances.

Attractive Performances

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Author : F. G Naerebout
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-07-17

Attractive Performances written by F. G Naerebout and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-17 with History categories.

This book is not another history of the dance in ancient Greece, but wants to lay the groundwork on which such a history should properly be build. The three preliminary studies offered here are, first, an extensive historiography of the subject which seeks to illuminate where we stand at present in reference to the large amount of work done on ancient Greek dance for the past 500 years. Secondly, an exercise in source criticism, embracing both texts and imagery, in order to establish the limits to which we can push any investigation, and thirdly, an attempt at model building to provide an explicit theoretical framework for future research. This is the first time that some of the approaches of the new dance scholarship which has arisen during the past few decades have been systematically applied to the dancing of the ancient world.

Rites Of Passage In Ancient Greece

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Author : Mark William Padilla
language : en
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Release Date : 1999

Rites Of Passage In Ancient Greece written by Mark William Padilla and has been published by Bucknell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Drama categories.

This volume reflects on liminality as it relates to initiatory themes in Greek literature and on literary works, especially tragedy, that represent heroes and heroines undergoing rites of passage. Featured works include Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, Euripides' Ion and Iphigenia in Tauris, and Sophocles' Antigone and Women of Trachis.

Attractive Performances

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Author : F. G. Naerebout
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Attractive Performances written by F. G. Naerebout and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.

This book is not another history of the dance in ancient Greece, but wants to lay the groundwork on which such a history should properly be build. The three preliminary studies offered here are, first, an extensive historiography of the subject which seeks to illuminate where we stand at present in reference to the large amount of work done on ancient Greek dance for the past 500 years. Secondly, an exercise in source criticism, embracing both texts and imagery, in order to establish the limits to which we can push any investigation, and thirdly, an attempt at model building to provide an explicit theoretical framework for future research. This is the first time that some of the approaches of the new dance scholarship which has arisen during the past few decades have been systematically applied to the dancing of the ancient world.

Initiation In Ancient Greek Rituals And Narratives

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Author : David Dodd
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-05

Initiation In Ancient Greek Rituals And Narratives written by David Dodd and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with History categories.

Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and tragedy. In this books an international group of experts including Gloria Ferrari, Fritz Graf and Bruce Lincoln, critique many of these past studies, and challenge strongly the tradition of privileging the concept of initiation as a tool for studying social performances and literary texts, in which changes in status or group membership occur in unusual ways. These new modes of research mark an important turning point in the modern study of the religion and myths of ancient Greece and Rome, making this a valuable collection across a number of classical subjects.

Understanding Greek Religion

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Author : Jennifer Larson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-10

Understanding Greek Religion written by Jennifer Larson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-10 with History categories.

Understanding Greek Religion is one of the first attempts to fully examine any religion from a cognitivist perspective, applying methods and findings from the cognitive science of religion to the ancient Greek world. In this book, Jennifer Larson shows that many of the fundamentals of Greek religion, such as anthropomorphic gods, divinatory procedures, purity beliefs, reciprocity, and sympathetic magic arise naturally as by-products of normal human cognition. Drawing on evidence from across the ancient Greek world, Larson provides detailed coverage of Greek theology and local pantheons, rituals including processions, animal sacrifice and choral dance, and afterlife beliefs as they were expressed through hero worship and mystery cults. Eighteen in-depth essays illustrate the theoretical discussion with primary sources and include case studies of key cult inscriptions from Kyrene, Kos, and Miletos. This volume features maps, tables, and over twenty images to support and expand on the text, and will provide conceptual tools for understanding the actions and beliefs that constitute a religion. Additionally, Larson offers the first detailed discussion of cognition and memory in the transmission of Greek religious beliefs and rituals, as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliographical essay on the cognitive science of religion. Understanding Greek Religion is an essential resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of Greek culture and ancient Mediterranean religions.

Greek Ritual Poetics

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Author : Dimitrios Yatromanolakis
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2004

Greek Ritual Poetics written by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.

Investigating ritual in Greece from cross-disciplinary and transhistorical perspectives, Greek Ritual Poetics offers novel readings of the pivotal role of ritual in Greek traditions by exploring a broad spectrum of texts, art, and social practices. This collection of essays written by an international group of leading scholars in a number of disciplines presents a variety of methodological approaches to secular and religious rituals, and to the narrative and conceptual strategies of their reenactment and manipulation in literary, pictorial, and social discourses. Addressing understudied aspects of Greek ritual and societies, this book will prove significant for classicists, anthropologists, Byzantinists, art historians, neohellenists, and comparatists interested in the interaction between ritual, aesthetics, and cultural communicative systems.

Greek Religion

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Author : Jan N. Bremmer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994

Greek Religion written by Jan N. Bremmer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.

A brief but highly informative book on Greek religion in the classical period.

Ancient Art And Ritual

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Author : Jane Ellen Harrison
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-07-29

Ancient Art And Ritual written by Jane Ellen Harrison and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-29 with Fiction categories.

Reproduction of the original: Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison

Popular Religion And Ritual In Prehistoric And Ancient Greece And The Eastern Mediterranean

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Author : Giorgos Vavouranakis
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2019-01-14

Popular Religion And Ritual In Prehistoric And Ancient Greece And The Eastern Mediterranean written by Giorgos Vavouranakis and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-14 with Social Science categories.

This volume features a group of select peer-reviewed papers by an international group of authors, both younger and senior academics and researchers, on the frequently neglected popular cult and other ritual practices in prehistoric and ancient Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.