Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion

'Highly recommended ... no collection of classical, religious or gender studies would be complete without it.' - Choice'A work of considerable scholarship, and one on which the author is to be congratulated.' - Minerva'It makes accessible a substantial body of disparate material.' - JACT Review;Wisely, this important contribution to understanding the female dimesion of ancient religion does not make the worship of goddesses a central concern.' - International Review of Biblical Studies

• Introduction Part 1. Public religious roles for girls and women 1. Women as Dedicators 2. The public religious roles of girls and adolescent women in Athens 3. Women Priests Part 2. Segregated and ecstatic religious rites 4. Women-only festivals 5. Women at the margins of Greek Religion 6. Prostitutes, foreign women and the Gods Part 3 Sacrificial and domestic rituals 7. From adolescent girl to woman, wife and mother 8. Women, sacrifice and impurity 9. Women and the corpse: Morning Rituals