Serious Singing: The Orphic Hymns as Religious Texts
In the wake of Albrecht Dieterich, in this paper I try to show how the overall arrangement of the hymns in the Orphic hymn book follows the progression of a nocturnal ritual. I insist on the frequency with which the hymns talk about the fear of meeting a divinity or a phasma that would be in an unki...
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| Language: | English |
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[2009]
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Kernos
Year: 2009, Volume: 22, Pages: 169-182 |
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