Redefining Ancient Orphism
A Study in Greek Religion
$189.06
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2013
Summary
This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this richer and more complex model provides insight into the boundaries of normal and abnormal Greek religion. The study traces the construction of the category of ‘Orphic’ from its first appearances in the Classical period, through the centuries of phil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781107038219 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1107038219 |
| Author: | Radcliffe G. Edmonds III |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 790g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III is Professor and Chair of the Department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College. He is author of Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) and editor of The ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets and Greek Religion: Further Along the Path (2011).
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