Download or read book Portrait of a Priestess written by Joan Breton Connelly and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural history of priestesses in the ancient Greek world. The author presents a picture of how priestesses lived and worked, from the most famous and sacred of them (e.g. the Delphic Oracle and the priestess of Athena Polias) - to basket bearers and handmaidens.