Rites of Passage in Ancient Greece: Representations of Young Adulthood in Literature, Religion, Society

by Mark W. Padilla

This volume reflects on liminality as it relates to initiatory themes in Greek literature and on literary works, especially tragedy, that represent heroes and heroines undergoing rites of passage. Featured works include Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, Euripides' Ion and Iphigenia in Tauris, and Sophocles' Antigone and Women of Trachis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083875418X
• ISBN13: 9780838754184
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages