DANCE AND RITUAL PLAY IN GREEK RELIGION

Lonsdale, Steven H.

ISBN 10: 0801845947 / ISBN 13: 9780801845949

Editore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993

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Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [nà e Ward]) else fine. DJ has minor edgewear.; In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life and death. In Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion, Steven Lonsdale looks at how the Greeks themselves regarded the act of dance, and how dance and related forms of ritual play in Greek religious festivals served a wide variety of functions in Greek society. The act of worship, he explains, often implied engaging in collective rites regulated by playful behavior, the most common forms of which were group hymns and choral dances.; Ancient Society and History; 384 pages.

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• Titolo: DANCE AND RITUAL PLAY IN GREEK RELIGION
• Editore: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0801845947
• ISBN 13: 9780801845949
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good+
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Near Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Music & Musicology
  • Paganism

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In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life and death.

In Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion, Steven Lonsdale looks at how the Greeks themselves regarded the act of dance, and how dance and related forms of ritual play in Greek religious festivals served a wide variety of functions in Greek society. The act of worship, he explains, often implied engaging in collective rites regulated by playful behavior, the most common forms of which were group hymns and choral dances.

Informazioni sull'autore

Stephen H. Lonsdale was educated at Harvard University and Cambridge Universities. He is the author of Animals and the Origins of Dance and Creatures of Speech: Lion, Herding, and Hunting Similies in the "Iliad."