Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion (Ancient Society & History) (Paperback)
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Full description- Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 01 July 2001
- Format: Paperback 380 pages
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- Categories: Dance | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | History Of Religion | Ancient Religions & Mythologies
- ISBN 13: 9780801867590 ISBN 10: 0801867592
- Sales rank: 529,744
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Full description for Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion
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.
