Anagnostou-Laoutides:
Eros And Ritual In Ancient Literature
Singing Of Atalanta, Daphnis And Orpheus
Gorgias Press (United States), 2005
Hardback, 616 pages
Size: 229x152 mm
ISBN: 9781931956727
ISBN-10: 1931956723
Eros And Ritual In Ancient Literature
Examines popular erotic myths with regard to their origins and literary treatment throughout antiquity. The relation of ritual to certain mythic patterns that reflect initiation rites is also considered. The myths are chosen so to form a narrative sequence but also as an example of how mythic patterns can be variously manipulated in literature.

