Landscapes, gender, and ritual space: the ancient Greek experience

Abstract

Preface Abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. CLAIMING A HOMELAND Three Landscapes Using the Land Space and Community Genealogy and Gendered Landscapes 2. RITUAL SPACE Drawing the Boundaries between Human and Divine Discovering Sacred Space and Creating Ritual Space Mapping the Urban Community Hierarchies of Sacred Space 3. INVENTING THE CENTER Regional Sanctuaries Finding the Center Civic Centrality Ritual Narratives of Centrality and Judicial Success 4. THE RITUAL BODY Hebe's Hens and Herakles' Roosters Women, Dogs, and Flies Body Language and Ritual Gesture I Write the Oaths of a Woman in Serving the Gods The Delphic Bee 5. THE PLAGUE OF INFERTILITY Male Reproductive Anxiety Bodies of Water and Miniature Landscapes Body Parts Sterility and the Crisis of Paternity 6. LANDSCAPES OF ARTEMIS Borderlands Typologies of Sacred Space Turning Points Boundaries and Combat Epiphany and Crisis The Lay of the Land Unifying Center and Borderland 7. DOMESTICATING ARTEMIS At the Margins The Anger of Artemis The Cycle of Reproduction Inscribing Civic Success The Naked and the Clothed Permanent Press Glossary of Greek Terms Bibliography Index

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