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Choruses of young women in ancient Greece : their morphology, religious role, and social functions
Chœurs de jeunes filles en Grèce archaïque. Vol. 1. English
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- Creator
- Claude Calame ; translated by Derek Collins and Janice Orion
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- English
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- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1997]
- ©1997
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- xii, 282 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780822630623, 0822630621, 9780822630630, 082263063X
- OCLC
- ocm36162993
- "Thanks to the active collaboration of Claude Calame, who has also added new details and further bibliography, this book is the equivalent of a second edition"--P. vi.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.
- 1. Introduction. 1.1. Problems of fragments 1 and 3 of Alcman. 1.2. Problems of method -- 2. Morphology of the Lyric Chorus. 2.1. The chorus-members. 2.2. Formal organization of the chorus. 2.3. The choregos. 2.4. The activity of the chorus -- 3. Chorus and Ritual. 3.1. Non-Spartan rituals. 3.2. Lacedaemonian rituals -- 4. The Function of the Lyric Chorus. 4.1. The chorus as institution. 4.2. The pedagogical function of the lyric chorus. 4.3. Homoerotic relationships in the lyric chorus. 4.4. The female lyric chorus and tribal initiation -- 5. Conclusion