Rites of passage for young children in Mycenaean Greece

Georgina Muskett Childhood in the Past: An International Journal 1.1 (January 2009): 38-48.

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This paper considers whether there is any evidence of rites of passage, the ceremonies commemorating significant stages in the life of a child, which can be identified in Mycenaean Greece. The conclusion is drawn that, despite a comparative scarcity of evidence from the Mycenaean period, there were events in a Mycenaean child’s life which can plausibly be compared with landmarks in the life of Athenian children in the Classical period.