Women’s Voice and Religious Utterances in Ancient Greece
Journal Title: Religions - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper tackles the issue of women and religion through a particular looking glass: religious utterances such as curses, supplication, and prayer, as reflected in some passages from ancient Greek epic and tragedy—pivotal literary genres in the ideological discourse of the Greek polis.
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Manuela Giordano
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/rel2040729
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