Instructions for the netherworld : the Orphic gold tablets /
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 interpretat...
| Основен автор: | Bernabe Pajares, Alberto. |
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| Други автори: | Jimenez San Cristobal, Ana Isabel., Olmos Romera, Ricardo., Olmos, Sara., Chase, Michael, 1959- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Greek Spanish |
| Публикувано: |
Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Серия: |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
162. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=252993 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Instructions for the netherworld. |
Съдържание:
- 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).