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Singing for the Gods - Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece (Hardcover)
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Singing for the Gods - Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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Singing for the Gods develops a new approach towards an old
question in the study of religion - the relationship of myth and
ritual. Focusing on ancient Greek religion, Barbara Kowalzig
exploits the joint occurrence of myth and ritual in archaic and
classical Greek song-culture. She shows how choral performances of
myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in
the early fifth century BC, help to effect social and political
change in their own time. Religious song emerges as integral to a
rapidly changing society hovering between local, regional, and
panhellenic identities and between aristocratic rule and democracy.
Drawing on contemporary debates on myth, ritual, and performance in
social anthropology, modern history, and theatre studies, this book
establishes Greek religion's dynamic role and gives religious
song-culture its deserved place in the study of Greek history.
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