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The Occasion and Purpose of Alcman's Partheneion (1 PMGF)

2009; Fabrizio Serra Editore; Volume: 92; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1400/122874

1724-1901

Robert D. Luginbill,

Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

This article supports Page's identification of Artemis Orthia as the goddess of Alcman s Partheneion by reading the poem as a companion piece to the ritual endurance contest before Orthia's altar wherein the maidens express solidarity with the young men about to undergo this final test of the agoge.