The "Orphic" gold tablets and Greek religion: further along the path
The 'Orphic' gold tablets, tiny scraps of gold foil found in graves throughout the ancient Greek world, are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This collection brings together a number of previously published and unpublished studies from...
| Subtitles: | The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets & Greek Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011.
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Orphicae Lamellae
B Orphicae Lamellae / Dionysus / Orpheus myth / Belief in the hereafter |
| Further subjects: | B
Greece Religion
B Greece ; Religion B Tablets (Paleography) B Lamellae aureae Orphicae B Greece; Religion B Conference program B Greece Religion |
| Online Access: |
Review Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521518314 |
| Summary: | The 'Orphic' gold tablets, tiny scraps of gold foil found in graves throughout the ancient Greek world, are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This collection brings together a number of previously published and unpublished studies from scholars around the world, making accessible to a wider audience some of the new methodologies being applied to the study of these tablets. The volume also contains an updated edition of the tablet texts, reflecting the most recent discoveries and accompanied by English translations and critical apparatus. This survey of trends in the scholarship, with an up-to-date bibliography, not only provides an introduction to the serious study of the tablets, but also illuminates their place within scholarship on ancient Greek religion. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511730217 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511730214 |