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Ritual texts for the afterlife : Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets / Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graf, Fritz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character).
- Orpheus.
- Dionysus (Greek deity).
- Dionysus.
- Future life.
- Orpheus--(Greek mythology).
- Greece--Religion.
- Greece.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly debate on ancient afterlife beliefs since the end of the nineteenth century. Recent finds and analysis of the texts have reshaped our understanding of their purpose and of the perceived afterlife.
- Contents:
- The tablets: an edition and translation
- A history of scholarship on the tablets
- The myth of Dionysus
- The eschatology behind the tablets
- Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets
- Orpheus, his poetry, and sacred texts.
- Notes:
- "First published 2007"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781136750793
- 1136750797
- 9780203564240
- 0203564243
- 9781136750724
- 113675072X
- OCLC:
- 852758600
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