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Volume 33, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0263-0672
  • E-ISSN: 2157-1430

Abstract

This article focuses on two important rituals of Ancient Greece, which are of some interest for dramatherapists, as dramatic performances had a key role in them. We will examine them from a historical point of view, then explore their mythic contents and how they were expressed in drama, trying to suggest cues that relate them to present day dramatherapy theory and practice.

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Keyword(s): Ancient Greece; healing drama; ritual
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