| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations |
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; 162 |
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; 162.
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| Contents |
Preface to the English Edition; Introduction; Chapter One. Arrival in the Subterranean World (The Tablets from Hipponion, Entella, Petelia and Pharsalus and the Reduced Versions, L 1-6); Chapter Two. A Ritual for the Dead: The Tablets from Pelinna (L 7ab); Chapter Three. Best Wishes for Accompanying the Soul to the Other World: A Tablet from Thurii (L 8); Chapter Four. Before Persephone: More Tablets from Thurii (L 9-10ab); Chapter Five. A Tablet in Imperial Rome (L 11); Chapter Six. A "Word Search Puzzle" for Deceiving Non-Initiates: The "Great" Tablet from Thurii (L 12) |
| Summary |
Orphic gold tables are key documents for the knowledge of rites and beliefs of Orphics, an atypical group that configured a highly original creed and that influenced powerfully over other Greek writers and thinkers. This book presents their translation and some fundamental keys for their interpretation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the Spanish with text in English and Greek |
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Current Copyright Fee: GBP17.50 0. Uk |
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Print version record |
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Dionysia.
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Tablets (Paleography)
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wax tablets.
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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Dionysia.
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Tablets (Paleography)
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Orficism.
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Grekisk mytologi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jiménez San Cristóbal, Ana Isabel.
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Olmos Romera, Ricardo.
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Olmos, Sara
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Chase, Michael, 1959-
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| ISBN |
9789047423744 |
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9047423747 |
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