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The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"

Book by Robin Hard; Routledge, 2004

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Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...corpus of Greek heroic mythology is provided by Carl Robert...individual figures from Greek mythology are to be found...have been written on Greek mythology. As two introductory...recommend Fritz Graf, Greek Mythology: An Introduction...in Greek Mythology and Ritual , Berkeley, 1979...
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A Handbook of Greek Mythology: Including Its Extension to Rome

Book by H. J. Rose; Routledge, 1991

Subjects:

Mythology, Roman

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

are hardly mythology; they continued to be told of the various gods, much as they are...100 A very ancient cult, much influenced in later times by the Greek ritual of Damia, imported from Tarentum, was that of the Bona Dea. In...
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Freudian Mythologies: Greek Tragedy and Modern Identities

Book by Rachel Bowlby; Oxford University Press, 2007

Subjects:

Electra Complex, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Oedipus Complex, Psychoanalysis--Greek Influences

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Gould, John, Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange: Essays in Greek Literature and Culture (Oxford...1977). Graves, Robert, Tbe Greek Myths, 2 vols. (1955; 2nd...Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition through Tragedy...
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Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience

Book by Susan Guettel Cole; University of California Press, 2004

Subjects:

Artemis (Greek Deity)--Cult, Greece--Religion, Sacred Space--Greece--History, Women--Religious Life--Greece--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Bremer, J. M. 1981. Greek Hymns. In Faith, Hope...N. 1983. Scapegoat Rituals in Ancient Greece...Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual. Berkeley. Burkert...Burkert, W 1985. Greek Religion. Cambridge...
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Classical Mythology in English Literature: A Critical Anthology

Book by Geoffrey Miles; Routledge, 1999

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Adonis (Greek Deity)--Literary Collections, English Literature, English Literature--Classical Influences, Mythology, Classical, In Literature, Mythology, Classical--Literary Collections, Orpheus (Greek Mythology)--Literary Collections, Pygmalion (Greek Mythology)--Literary Collections

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...sometimes makes classical mythology seem like a vast divine...the objects of ancient Greek and Roman worship and ritual, a quite different matter...go by two names, one Greek, one Roman. It was the Greeks (sometimes borrowing...came in contact with Greek culture they borrowed...

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Pahlavi Kirrenidan: Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology

Journal article by Bruce Lincoln; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, 1997

Subjects:

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb, Iran--Languages, Mythology--Iran

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of Iranian creation mythology. by Bruce Lincoln The...throw on the Iranian mythologies of creation. Pahlavi...split, rend"; Homeric Greek Text Omitted, "shear...split up"; Russian Greek Text Omitted, Greek Text Omitted "cut out...14) is not usually a ritual instrument.(15...
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The Horse in Indo-Iranian Mythology

Journal article by Prods Oktor Skjaervo; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 128, 2008

Subjects:

Indian literature--Analysis, Iranian literature--Analysis, Semitic mythology--Analysis

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Horse in Indo-Iranian Mythology. by Prods Oktor Skjaervo...mythology of the horse, the rituals in which it is involved...in Indian and Iranian ritual (part 2) and myth...Vedic, Avestan, and Greek texts. The introduction...Indo-European; their rituals, however, as far as...in which the Rigvedic ritual of the asvamedha is...
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Mythology and Mythologies: Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences

Journal article by Gary Beckman; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003

Subjects:

Mythology and Mythologies: Methodological Approaches to Intercultural Influences (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

Mythology and Mythologies: Methodological Approaches...of I. Gruenwald ("Ritual, Economy, and the...its translation into Greek, the characters had...words in Babylonian and Greek thought ("Mesopotamian...for the presence of Greeks ("Ionians") on...empire ("The Ancient Greeks and the Impact of the...
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The Revealing Muteness of Rituals: A Psychoanalytical Approach to a Spanish Ceremony

Journal article by Antoinette Molinie; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 10, 2004

Subjects:

Anthropological research--Analysis, Christian-Jewish relations--Analysis, Christians--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Psychoanalysis--Research, Rites and ceremonies--Case studies, Rites and ceremonies--Research, Ritual--Case studies, Ritual--Research, Rituals--Case studies, Rituals--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...elaborate symbolic activity of a ritual is too complex to be reduced...specificity or the efficacy of a ritual action. (1) Claude Levi...model. Although he assigns to rituals a lesser role than to myths, he does suggest that a ritual should be considered in itself...reference to any implicit mythology that appears to be involved...
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The Historical Significance of Sacrificial Ritual: Understanding Violence in the Modern Black Fraternity Pledge Process

Journal article by Ricky L. Jones; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 24, 2000

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African American college students--Crimes against, African American students--Social aspects, Greek letter societies--Crime, Hazing--History, Students, Black--Social aspects

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...of Modern Fraternity Ritual Modern fraternity initiation rituals are not different from...McMinn, 1979). Some Greek organizations also...fraternity, found white Greeks at Indiana University...question as to why earlier rituals failed to elicit...the appeal of secret ritual by making it public...ceremony from that of Greek-letter orders is...Palefaces" instead of "Greeks" who have some symbolic...hopes, however, the rituals main theme was death...

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Frats and Sororities; the Greek Rites of Exclusion

Magazine article by M.G. Lord; The Nation, Vol. 245, July 4, 1987

Subjects:

College students, Greek letter societies, Race discrimination--Analysis, Race relations

Collections: Entire Library

...year, another Theta chapter on an all-white Greek campus affiliated the first black woman. Both...Indiana in the 1950s. "There were motifs of Greek mythology in the rituals and lots of Greek words in the bylaws. It was a way to give a...
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Greek Heritage: The Benaki Collection at the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Magazine article by Georges Leroux; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 115, Fall 2008

Subjects:

Athens, Greece--Buildings and facilities, Benakis, Antonis--Collections and collecting, Canadian Museum of Civilization--Collections and collecting, Museums--Collections and collecting, Museums--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...its way, bears witness to Greek identity, and this was Antonis...to assemble that which is Greek, to foster its memory, to...still able to recognize the Greeks through everything that has...anonymous portrait of Lord Byron in Greek dress: spiritual Hellenism...another Hellenism, the one of mythology and the classical aesthetic...
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See You in Hell

Magazine article by Stephanie Coen; American Theatre, Vol. 10, March 1993

Subjects:

Mythology--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...from the moment Orpheus first appeared in the annals of Greek mythology. A source for Virgil, Ovid, Plato and Pindar as well...Orpheus and Eurydike begins what the director calls a "ritual of screaming," while video screens play images of...
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Prophets and Pagans

Magazine article by Mordechai (marc); Tikkun, Vol. 18, March 2003

Subjects:

Ethics, Folklore, Literature, Mythology, Sexuality

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...or Shiva and Shakti in Hindu mythology, masculine and feminine are...merely nature. Unlike the Greek, Roman, pagan, or Buddhist...example, built into the pagan ritual are demands for parents to...people through behaviorist ritual, social engineering, and...
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The Triumph of Christianity: Why a Small Apocalyptic Cult Overwhelmed Its Powerful Roman Rivals

Magazine article by Tim Callahan; Skeptic, Vol. 8, 2001

Subjects:

Bible, History, Jesus Christ, Mythology, Roman civilization

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...soteriological fiction (from the Greek soter, meaning"savior...that Peruvian Indians ate a ritual meal of llama flesh, cakes...parallels to Christian myth and ritual To his credit the great 20th...Given that the mysteries, rituals and soteriological tales of...individuals were initiated into a ritual, and doctrines were kept hidden...

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THE DEATH BUSINESS; the Spells, Scrolls and Superstitions of the Ancient Egyptians Serve as a Reminder That Our View of the Afterlife Hasn't Changed Much in 5,000 Years

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 11, 2010

Subjects:

British Museum, Greek mythology

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Dead Duchess, past even the ancient Greek myth of Halcyon and Ceyx on which he based...Spells were to be recited with some ritual -- the time of day important, the direction...origin of the Elysian Fields of the Ancient Greeks) the fortunate rejuvenated soul -- rejuvenation...
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Cyprus: Island of Love - and War

Newspaper article by Helena Zukowski; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 30, 2000

Subjects:

Cyprus

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Phoenicians, Egyptians, Greeks and Byzantines all...who would become ritual prostitutes in the...goddess. Ancient Greek writers hinted that...way to Persians, Greeks and Romans. Of...in the north and Greeks in the south, and...center for fertility rituals for travelers in...the islands best Greek and Roman archaeological...stories from Greek mythology and remain in exceptional...
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Writer's Eclectic Search for the Soul

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, May 25, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...array of traditions, including Greek mythology and Renaissance wisdom, to show...for a coherent world of belief, ritual and community that invigorates the...stories most, Mr. Moore prefers Greek myths. With them, he said, readers...
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Idea of Athletic Competitions Traced Back Nearly 3,000 Years

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 28, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Boyce - "You Wouldnt Want to be a Greek Athlete!" by Michael Ford...Olympus in Greece. According to Greek mythology, Olympus was a special place where...to what he believed was a pagan ritual. An earthquake covered the Olympic...
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Composer Captures Love from Ancient Inspiration

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 11, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...out that Igor Stravinsky performed a similar feat with Greek mythology for his 1928 ballet "Apollo." What was Rumis sensibility...Mr. Danielpour calls the second movement a set of "ritual dances," and it even uses rapid Eastern ritualistic...

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Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

MYTHOLOGY Greek,=the telling...Roman, and Jewish mythologies are the best known, other important mythologies are the Norse, which...related to religious ritual (see Egyptian religion...which shares with the Greek mythology a strong concern for...absurdity. Some ancient Greeks explained myths as...
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Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of objects of devotion, to rituals of propitiation, to priests...goddess of fertility Ishtar, the Greek sea-god Poseidon, and the...incorporated into a system of mythology and ritual. Sometimes they take on distinctively...popular Hinduism and ancient Greek religion), in which there...

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