Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece

Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women''s couplings with gods; rituals like the basilinna''s "marriage" to Dionysus; beliefs in the impregnating power of snakes and deities; the unusual birth stories of Pythagoras, Plato, and Alexander; and more. In this provocative study, Marguerite Rigoglioso suggests such details are remnants of an early Greek cult of d...