Singing for the Gods

Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece

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Barbara Kowalzig

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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.

Author Biography:

Barbara Kowalzig is Leverhulme Research Fellow, Royal Holloway, University of London.

Release date Australia

December 13th, 2007

Author

Barbara Kowalzig

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

10 maps, 14 in-text illustrations

Pages

528

Series

Oxford Classical Monographs

Dimensions

163x241x34

ISBN-13

9780199219964

Product ID

2124692

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