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Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Burkert, Walter (University of Zurich)
Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Burkert, Walter (University of Zurich)
Uncovers deep connections between the strange nocturnal ritual, in which two virgin girls carried sacred offerings into a cave and later returned with something given to them there, and tribal puberty initiations by linking the festival with the myth of the daughters of Kekrops.
152 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 11, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780226100432 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 152 |
Dimensions | 154 × 231 × 12 mm · 212 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Bing, Peter |
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