The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece
Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women's couplings with gods; rituals like the basilinna's "marriage" to Dionysus; beliefs in the impregnating power of snakes and deities; the unusual birth stories of Pythagoras,
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The Cult of Divine Birth i n A ncient Greece
THE CULT OF DIVINE BIRTH IN ANCIENT GREECE
Copyright © Marguerite Rigoglioso, 2009. Excerpt of Alkman’s maiden song by Guy Davenport, Archilochos, Sappho, Alkman, translated by Guy Davenport. © 1980 by Guy Davenport. Used by permission of Bonnie Jean Cox. Excerpts of Homer’s Odyssey by R. Lamberton, Porphyry: On the Cave of the Nymphs, translated by Robert Lamberton. © 1983 by Robert Lamberton. Used by permission of Robert Lamberton.
Author’s photo: Joe Burull All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States — a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978-0-230-61477-2 ISBN-10: 0-230-61477-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rigoglioso, Marguerite. The cult of divine birth in ancient Greece/Marguerite Rigoglioso. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-230-61477-9 1. Greece—Religion. 2. Women priests—Greece. 3. Virgin birth (Mythology) 4. Goddesses, Greek. 5. Women and religion— Greece. I. Title. BL795.P7R54 2009 292.2’114—dc22
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To Robert, with profound gratitude
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