The Rape of Persephone
A Greek Scenario of Women's Initiation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9394113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Lincoln (University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 223-235 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017816000020034 |
| OpenAlex | W2000100563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 21 |
Within the last fifteen years, scholars have shown considerable interest in the ritual life of women in antiquity, and have been particularly successful in recognizing the traces of women's initiatory rituals in various Greek and Roman ceremonies and myths. With regard to the Greek materials, the Arrephoria and Brauronia festivals have been treated in this light, as have two ceremonies in which details of the Demeter-Persephone mythos were reenacted: the Thesmophoria and the Haloa
Ancient history · Art · Literature · Mythology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History
The Unpardoned Gaze
Demythologization of the Mythic Representation of Woman
Black Orpheus, Myth and Ritual
Dangling Virgins
Le récit du rapt de Perséphone
The Shaping of New Testament Narrative and Salvation Teachings by Painful Childhood Experience
Persephone’s First Descent
Lament and Death instead of Marriage
The Homeric hymn to Demeter
Der Glaube der Hellenen
The Priestess of Demeter and Kore and Her Role in the Initiation of Women at the Festival of Haloa at Eleusis
The Thesmophoria as a Women's Festival
Le genie grec dans la religion
Indogermanisches etymologisches Worterbuch
Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch
Paides e Parthenoi, I
Eleusis
Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Letture sulla religione classica
The Interpretation of Ritual
The Interpretation of Ritual
The Greeks and Their Gods
Claudian, De Raptu Proserpinae
The Rites of Passage
Myths and Symbols
The religious significance of women's scarification among the Tiv
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2024 (40) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |