1989 Death and the Maiden: Girls' Initiation Rites in Greek Mythology

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

Illustrated with eight full page sketched maps. Collated complete. 

This is Ken Dowden's first published work, being a comparative anthropological study of the use of female rites of passage within Greek myths. 

Dowden is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Birmingham. 

This is the first book in English devoted to passage-rites in Greek mythology, discussing the significance of their Greek geographical, historical and cultural contexts.