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Becoming a man in ancient Greece and Rome : essays on myths and rituals of initiation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bremmer, Jan N. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2021]
Subjects:
Initiation rites > Greece > History > To 1500.
Initiation rites > Rome.
Men > Social life and customs.
Men > Identity.
To 1500
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Section I: Myths
  • 1. Initiation and the Heroes of the Trojan War
  • 2. Odysseus versus the Cyclops
  • 3. Demons of the Wilderness: the Centaurs
  • 4. The Myth of Meleager in Homer
  • 5. Orpheus: from Guru to Gay
  • 6. Theseus' and Peirithoos' Descent into the Underworld
  • 7. Initiating Heracles
  • 8. Transvestite Dionysos
  • 9. Kaineus the Invulnerable
  • 10. Oedipus and the Greek Oedipus Complex
  • Section II: Rituals
  • 11. Initiation and Greek Pederasty
  • 12. Adolescents, Symposion and Pederasty
  • 13. Maternal Uncles and Grandfathers as Initiators, Educators and Role Models
  • 14. Fosterage, Kinship and the Circulation of Children
  • 15. The Suodales of Poplios Valesios
  • List of First Publications
  • Index of Names, Subjects and Passages.