Redefining ancient Orphism: a study in Greek religion
This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this richer and more complex model provides insight into...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2013.
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Orphism
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| Further subjects: | B
Dionysus (Greek deity)
Cult
B Cults (Greece) B Dionysus ; (Greek deity) ; Cult B Dionysia B Cults ; Greece |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: 9781107038219 |