Misteri e culti mistici di Demetra. - SFAMENI GASPARRO, Giulia,
KORTE INHOUD
'This book does not set out to answer the obvious question about Mysteries, Eleusinian or other: 'what happened?' That question can never be answered (...): we can never really know what they signified for the mystai. The author of the present study is evidently aware of the problem and prefers to tackle the subject from a more oblique angle. Discussion of the ritual is secondary to the treatment of the whole phenomenon, the environment of mysteries and related cults (...). What does emerge is a detailed and in the main convincing interpretation of the main currents of thought present in the myths and rituals of these cult complexes. (...) Much of the work's value in fact lies in the detailed treatment of the various groups of Demeter cults, and especially perhaps their related myths. (...) Most importantly (...) the dynamics of the central myth are reappraised with the emphasis G. puts on the grief and withdrawal of Demeter, paralleling the absence of Kore herself. Both figures move between presence and abse...
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Roma, 1986. 371p. Paperback. Small stamp on back cover. Pages a bit yellowed. Series: Storia delle Religioni, 3. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: SFAMENI GASPARRO, Giulia,] [Uitgever: 'L'erma' di Bretschneider] [Jaar: 1986] [Titel: Misteri e culti mistici di Demetra.]
