books.google.com - In this groundbreaking work, Claude Calame argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry are more than literary texts; rather, they functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, Calame reconstructs the religious and...http://books.google.com/books/about/Choruses_of_Young_Women_in_Ancient_Greec.html?hl=fr&id=DhfmgSz1eR4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareChoruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece