Author: Ken Dowden
Title: Death and the Maiden: Girls&Apos; Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology
Description: London, Routledge , 1989. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition discussion of the significant role of girls' rites of passage within Greek mythology. The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with eight full page sketched maps. Collated complete. This is Ken Dowden's first published work, being a comparative anthropological study of the use of female rites of passage within Greek myths. Dowden is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Birmingham. This is the first book in English devoted to passage-rites in Greek mythology, discussing the significance of their Greek geographical, historical and cultural contexts.  In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely with minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper is also lovely with minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Not stated. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Mythology Greek Anthropology Greek Not stated


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