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The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece
The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece
Author: Marguerite Rigoglioso
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 of snakes and deities, and more. In this provocative study, Marguerite Rigoglioso suggests these are remnants of an early Greek cult of divine birth, not un...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780230111325
ISBN-10: 0230111327
Publication Date: 3/29/2011
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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