Becoming a Man in Ancient Greece and Rome
Essays on Myths and Rituals of Initiation
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Mohr Siebeck
- Date of Publication 13 August 2021
- ISBN 9783161590085
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages295 pages
- Size 232x155x16 mm
- Weight 445 g
- Language English 228
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Jan N. Bremmer erläutert in diesem Werk die Bedeutung der Initiation als Schlüssel zum Verständnis einiger der berühmtesten griechischen Mythen. Er erläutert die Hintergründe des Trojanischen Krieges, beleuchtet aber auch andere berühmte Mythen, wie Ödipus' Sieg über die Sphinx, Dionysos' weibliche Erscheinung und die Erziehung von Achilles durch den Kentauren Chiron. In this work, Jan N. Bremmer demonstrates the importance of initiation as a key to understanding some of the most celebrated Greek myths. He elucidates the background of the Trojan War, but also illuminates other famous myths, such as Oedipus' defeat of the Sphinx, Dionysus' effeminate appearance and the education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron.
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Jan N. Bremmer erläutert in diesem Werk die Bedeutung der Initiation als Schlüssel zum Verständnis einiger der berühmtesten griechischen Mythen. Er erläutert die Hintergründe des Trojanischen Krieges, beleuchtet aber auch andere berühmte Mythen, wie Ödipus' Sieg über die Sphinx, Dionysos' weibliche Erscheinung und die Erziehung von Achilles durch den Kentauren Chiron. In this work, Jan N. Bremmer brings together articles on Greek and Roman myths and rituals of male initiation, which have all been updated and, where necessary, revised and translated into English. The preface sketches the rise of the initiatory paradigm within a wider anthropological and Indo-European perspective and discusses the problem of noting ritual elements in mythical reflections. The first of two following sections concentrates on initiatory motifs in a series of famous myths, such as education by shepherds and 'wild men' (Heracles, Centaurs), travesty (Dionysos and Kaineus), the defeat of a monster (Odysseus vs. the Cyclops, Oedipus and the Sphinx) and warring and wandering groups of young men (the Trojan War, Meleager, Orpheus, Theseus and Peirithoos). The second section focuses on historical rituals, beginning with pederasty and the symposium. The author then moves on to the importance of the maternal family and fosterage in the initiatory process before ending with an archaic Latin inscription that reveals the contours of a group of young men in action in the full light of history.
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