Studies on the Derveni papyrus / edited by André Laks and Glenn W. Most.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laks, André.

Most, Glenn W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derveni papyrus--Congresses.

Derveni papyrus.

Greece--Religion--Congresses.

Greece.

Religion.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 204 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Summary:

The Derveni Papyrus was discovered earlier this century and is the oldest literary papyrus ever found. This book offers the first full and reliable translation of the text, a range of articles by leading European and American classicists, and a complete bibliography which will make it the standard reference work on the subject for years to come.

Contents:

A Provisional Translation of the Derveni Papyrus / Andre Laks, Glenn W. Most 9

1. The Derveni Papyrus / Maria Serena Funghi 25

2. Cosmology as Initiation vs. the Critique of Orphic Mysteries / Dirk Obbink 39

3. Was Euthyphro the Author of the Derveni Papyrus? / Charles H. Kahn 55

4. Figures of Sexuality and Initiatory Transition in the Derveni Theogony and its Commentary / Claude Calame 65

5. Hocus-Pocus in East and West. Theogony, Ritual, and the Tradition of Esoteric Commentary / Martin L. West 81

6. The First Columns of the Derveni Papyrus and their Religious Significance / K. Tsantsanoglou 93

7. Heraclitus in the Derveni Papyrus / David Sider 129

8. Chronos in Column XII of the Derveni Papyrus / Luc Brisson 149

9. Star Wars or One Stable World? A Problem of Presocratic Cosmogony (PDerv. Col. XXV) / Walter Burkert 167.

Notes:

Papers presented by various scholars at a colloquium at Princeton University, Apr. 17-18, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-185) and indexes.

ISBN:

0198150326

OCLC:

36327516