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Princeton University Press. Collectible - Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on half title page. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

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Princeton University Press, February 2007. Hardcover . Used - fine/Fine. A square, tight and unmarked copy with text which appears unread. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar.

Princeton University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0691127468 . Some light creasing to DJ. ; In this sumptuously illustrated book, Joan Breton Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest and most vivid picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she challenges long-held beliefs to show that priestesses played far more significant public roles in ancient Greece than previously acknowledged. Connelly builds this history through a pioneering examination of archaeological evidence in the broader context of literary sources, inscriptions, sculpture, and vase painting. Ranging from southern Italy to Asia Minor, and from the late Bronze Age to the fifth century A. D. , she brings the priestesses to life--their social origins, how… Leer más

Princeton University Press, 2007-02-25. Hardcover. Good. Textbook, May Have Highlights, Notes and/or Underlining, BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE, NO CD, Ships with Emailed Tracking

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Softcover. VG (light bumping to wraps along edges mainly, pages are clean and clear.). Black and color illustrated wraps with white and tan lettering, xv, 415 pp, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, bw and color illustrated. Archaeologist Connelly gives us the first comprehensive cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. Connelly presents the fullest picture yet of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them--the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias--to basket bearers and handmaidens. Along the way, she challenges long-held beliefs to show that priestesses played far more significant public roles in ancient Greece than previously acknowledged. Connelly examines archaeological evidence in the broader context of literary sources, inscriptions, sculpture, and vase painting. The picture that emerges reveals that women in religious office were not as secluded and marginalized as we have thought--that… Leer más

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