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Paradise earned : the Bacchic-Orphic gold lamellae of Crete / by Yannis Tzifopoulos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tzifopoulos, Yannis Z., author.
- Series:
- Hellenic studies ; 23.
- Hellenic studies ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inscriptions, Greek--Greece--Crete.
- Inscriptions, Greek.
- Goldwork--Greece--Crete--History.
- Goldwork.
- Burial--Greece--Crete--History.
- Burial.
- Future life--Social aspects--Greece--Crete--History.
- Future life.
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character).
- Orpheus.
- Dionysus (Greek deity).
- Dionysus.
- Future life in literature.
- Religious literature, Greek (Hellenistic)--Greece--Crete--History and criticism.
- Religious literature, Greek (Hellenistic).
- Social aspects.
- History.
- Crete (Greece)--Antiquities.
- Crete (Greece).
- Crete (Greece)--Religious life and customs.
- Greece--Crete.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 373 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2010.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife. Te deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had "earned Paradise."
- Contents:
- Edition
- Commentary on Epistomia nos. 1-12
- The Cretan Epistomia in context
- The Cretan contexts
- Afterword : Old habits die hard or new customs follow old paths?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-367) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tzifopulos, Yannis. Paradise earned.
- OCLC:
- 944190243
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