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THE CULT OF DIVINE BIRTH

IN ANCIENT GREECE

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THE CULT OF DIVINE BIRTH

IN ANCIENT GREECE

Marguerite Rigoglioso

THE CULT OF DIVINE BIRTH IN ANCIENT GREECE

Excerpt of Alkman’s maiden song by Guy Davenport, Archilochos,

Davenport. Used by permission of Bonnie Jean Cox.

Excerpts of Homer’s Odyssey by R. Lamberton, Porphyry: On the Cave

Lamberton. Used by permission of Robert Lamberton.

Cover artwork: Teague Owings

Author’s photo: Joe Burull

First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN ® in the

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ISBN-13: 978-0-230-61477-2

ISBN-10: 0-230-61477-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rigoglioso, Marguerite.

The cult of divine birth in ancient Greece/Marguerite Rigoglioso.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-230-61477-9

1. Greece—Religion. 2. Women priests—Greece. 3. Virgin

birth (Mythology) 4. Goddesses, Greek. 5. Women and religion—

Greece. I. Title.

BL795.P7R54 2009

292.2’114—dc22 2008043015

A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.

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