Orphic tradition and the birth of the gods / Dwayne A. Meisner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meisner, Dwayne A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious poetry, Greek--History and criticism.

Religious poetry, Greek.

Dionysia.

Greek poetry--History and criticism.

Greek poetry.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 318 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Contents:

1 Introducing Orphic Theogonies p. 1

The Orphic Question p. 3

Ancient Theogonic Traditions p. 18

Theogonic Hymns p. 33

Mythical Poetry and Philosophical Prose p. 43

2 The Derveni Papyrus p. 51

Orphic Ritual and the Derveni Author p. 53

The Reconstruction of the Derveni Poem p. 65

Zeus and the Act of Swallowing p. 75

3 The Eudemian Theogony and Early Orphic Poetry p. 87

The Cosmic Egg in Aristophanes' Birds p. 88

The Primordial Deities of the Eudemian Theogony p. 94

The Orphic Hymn(s) to Zeus p. 101

Demeter and Dionysus in Early Orphic Poetry p. 114

4 The Hieronyman Theogony p. 119

The Evidence: Apologist versus Neoplatonist p. 122

Reconstruction: Athenagoras, Damascius, and Bernabé p. 127

The Narrative Pattern of Chronos and Phanes p. 139

The Succession Myth and the Incest of Zeus p. 150

5 The Rhapsodies p. 159

Rhapsodic Theogony or Rhapsodic Collection? p. 170

Chronos, the Cosmic Egg, and Phanes p. 187

Three Nights or One? p. 200

The Rhapsodic Succession Myth p. 210

Zeus the Demiurge Swallows Phanes the Paradigm p. 219

6 Dionysus in the Rhapsodies p. 237

Modern Interpretations of the Zagreus Myth p. 239

Ancient Interpretations of Dionysus and the Titans p. 253

The Story of Dionysus in the Rhapsodies p. 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780190663520

0190663529

OCLC:

1022657372