dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Eijnde, Floris van den | |
dc.contributor.author | Ommen, Lieve van | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-09T04:01:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-09T04:01:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42710 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this thesis I examine women’s religious participation in Classical Athens. The aim of my research is to find the social roles women displayed through this religious participation in Athenian polis-cults specifically. I examine three different forms of public religious participation in which most Athenian women could partake: holding religious office such as priesthoods (chapter 1), dedicating votive offerings (chapter 2) and participating in religious festivals (chapter 3). I use a variety of epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological and literary sources that show women’s ritual agency directly and indirectly. In my conclusion, I compare the findings and different social roles I detected in the three different forms of participation to examine the differences and similarities in the social roles detected. This eventually leads to the answer to my research question: how did the different types of female participation in Athenian polis-cults help define the portrayal of women’s social roles and vice versa? Throughout my thesis I also look at whether Athenian women’s citizenship status can be detected within sources that displays women’s ritual agency in the Athenian polis- cults. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | In this thesis I examine women’s religious participation in Classical Athens. The aim of my research is to find the social roles women displayed through this religious participation in Athenian polis-cults specifically. I examine three different forms of public religious participation in which most Athenian women could partake: holding religious office such as priesthoods, dedicating votive offerings and participating in religious festivals. | |
dc.title | The Display of Women’s Social Roles in Ritual Participation in Classical Athenian Polis-Cults | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | ancient history; women in antiquity; Athenian religion; social roles; female participation in religion; priesthood; votive offering; religious festivals | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies | |
dc.thesis.id | 10311 | |