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Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and tragedy. In this books an international group of experts including Gloria Ferrari, Fritz Graf and Bruce Lincoln, critique many of these past studies, and challenge strongly the tradition of privileging
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- Author
- David Brooks Dodd; Christopher A Faraone
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415511056
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, History, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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