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“A Honey Sweet Pomegranate Seed”: Nourishment and Food Practices in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter

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Author(s):
Mariana Figueiredo Virgolino [1]
Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de História; v. 44, n. 97 2024-12-16.
Abstract

ABSTRACT This article analyses the Homeric Hymn to Demeter as a social drama, a concept created by Victor Turner. We approach the eating attitudes and foods present in the narrative from a symbolic perspective, understanding that this poem records economic and gender conflicts experienced at the time of its composition, the 7th century BC. As a document, the hymn also expresses the ambiguity of the feminine and its attempts at negotiation in face of a historical situation in which women’s prerogatives were undergoing changes in Ancient Greece. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 23/07315-9 - EUNOMIA IN LATO SENSU: SPACE, PLANNING AND HEALTH IN ANCIENT GREECE. THE CASE OF THE SANCTUARY OF ASCLEPIUS IN CORINTH (5th-4th centuries BC).
Grantee:Mariana Figueiredo Virgolino
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral