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The cult of divine birth in ancient Greece

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The cult of divine birth in ancient GreeceMarguerite Rigoglioso.
Author:	Rigoglioso, Marguerite.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2009.
Description:	x, 278 p. ;22 cm.
Subject:	Women priestsGreece.
Subject:	GreeceCongresses.HistoryMacedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230620919

The cult of divine birth in ancient Greece
Rigoglioso, Marguerite.

The cult of divine birth in ancient Greece[electronic resource] /Marguerite Rigoglioso. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - x, 278 p. ;22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-261) and index.

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 atDelphi -- Is virgin birth possible? and other outrageous questions.

Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women's couplings with gods, rituals like the basilinna's "marriage" to Dionysus, beliefs in the impregnating power ofsnakes and deities, and more. In this provocative study, Marguerite Rigoglioso suggeststhese are remnants of an early Greek cult of divine birth, not unlike that of Egypt. Scouring myth, legend, and history from a female-oriented perspective, she argues that many in the highest echelons of Greek civilization believed non-ordinary conception was the only means possibleof bringing forth true leaders, and that special virgin priestesshoodswere dedicated to this practice. Her book adds a unique perspective toour understanding of antiquity, and has significant implications for the study of Christianity and other religions in which divine birth claims are central.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230620919Subjects--Topical Terms:

462459
Women priests
--Greece.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

391677
Greece
--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.--Congresses.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL795.P7 / R54 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 292.2/114

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