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There is hardly a more controversial issue in the study of ancient religion than Orphism. More than two centuries of debate have not closed the subject, since new evidence and divergent approaches have kept appearing regularly. This volume sheds light on the most relevant pieces of evidence for ancient Orphism, collected in the recent edition by Alberto Bernabé. It contains 65 short new studies on Orphic fragments by leading international scholars who comment one of the most controversial phenomena in Antiquity from a plurality of perspectives. Readers will acquire a global vision of the multiple dimensions of the Orphic tradition, as well as many new insights into particular Orphic fragments.

Dionysia. --- Orphic mysteries --- Orphism --- Cults --- Dionysos. --- Greek Literature. --- Greek Philosophy. --- Greek Religion. --- Orphism. --- Orphisme --- Mélanges et hommages

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The hatching of the Cosmic Egg, the swallowing of Phanes by Zeus, and the murder of Dionysus by the Titans were just a few of the many stories that appeared in ancient Greek epic poems that were thought to have been written by the legendary singer Orpheus. Most of this poetry is now lost, surviving only in the form of brief quotations by Greek philosophers.Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods brings together the scattered fragments of four Orphic theogonies: the Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic theogonies. Typically, theogonies are thought to be poetic accounts of the creation of the universe and the births of the gods, leading to the creation of humans and the establishment of the present state of the cosmos. The most famous example is Hesiod's Theogony, which unlike the Orphic theogonies has survived. But did Orphic theogonies look anything like Hesiod's Theogony? Meisner applies a new theoretical model for studying Orphic theogonies and suggests certain features that characterize them as different from Hesiod: the blending of Near Eastern narrative elements that are missing in Hesiod; the probability that these were short hymns, more like the Homeric Hymnsr than Hesiod; and the continuous discourse between myth and philosophy that can be seen in Orphic poems and the philosophers who quote them. Most importantly, this book argues that the Orphic myths of Phanes emerging from the Cosmic Egg and Zeus swallowing Phanes are at least as important as the well-known myth of Dionysus being dismembered by the Titans, long thought to have been the central myth of Orphism. As this book amply demonstrates, Orphic literature was a diverse and ever-changing tradition by which authors were able to think about the most current philosophical ideas through the medium of the most traditional poetic forms.

Dionysia. --- Religious poetry, Greek --- Greek poetry --- Orphisme --- Poésie religieuse grecque --- Poésie grecque --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Dionysia --- History and criticism

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Dionysia. --- Inscriptions, Greek. --- Goldwork, Ancient --- Orphisme --- Inscriptions grecques --- Orfèvrerie antique --- Greece --- Crete (Greece) --- Grèce --- Crète (Grèce) --- Religion. --- Religious life and customs --- Religion --- Vie religieuse --- Classical Greek epigraphy. --- Orfèvrerie antique --- Grèce --- Crète (Grèce) --- Religion grecque --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires grecs --- Dionysia --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Greek inscriptions --- Greek language --- Greek philology --- Ancient goldwork --- Orphic mysteries --- Orphism --- Cults --- Religion grecque. --- Inscriptions grecques. --- Orphisme. --- Rites et cérémonies funéraires grecs. --- Goldwork, Ancient - Greece.

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The 'Orphic' gold tablets, tiny scraps of gold foil found in graves throughout the ancient Greek world, are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This collection brings together a number of previously published and unpublished studies from scholars around the world, making accessible to a wider audience some of the new methodologies being applied to the study of these tablets. The volume also contains an updated edition of the tablet texts, reflecting the most recent discoveries and accompanied by English translations and critical apparatus. This survey of trends in the scholarship, with an up-to-date bibliography, not only provides an introduction to the serious study of the tablets, but also illuminates their place within scholarship on ancient Greek religion.

Tablets (Paleography) --- Tablettes (Paléographie) --- Greece --- Grèce --- Religion. --- Religion --- Tablettes (Paléographie) --- Grèce --- Waxen tablets --- Writing tablets --- Diptychs --- Inscriptions --- Paleography --- Writing materials and instruments --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Lamellae aureae Orphicae. --- Orphicae lamellae --- Lamine d'oro orfiche --- Orphic gold leaves --- Orphic gold tablets --- Paléographie grecque --- Orphisme --- Manuscrits grecs

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Greek poetry --- Orpheus (Greek mythology) --- 875-1 --- 875-1 Griekse literatuur: poëzie --- Griekse literatuur: poëzie --- History and criticism --- Poetry --- Thematology --- Classical Greek literature --- Orpheus --- Orpheus (Greek mythology). --- History and criticism. --- Orphée (Mythologie grecque) --- Poésie grecque --- Histoire et critique --- Orphisme / dans la poésie grecque. --- Orfisme / in de Griekse poëzie. --- Orpheus [Mythological character] --- Orpheus. --- Orphée --- Greek poetry - History and criticism