Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek Religion

Edmonds III, Radcliffe G.

ISBN 10: 1107038219 / ISBN 13: 9781107038219

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2013

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• Titolo: Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek Religion
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1107038219
• ISBN 13: 9781107038219
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Informazioni sull?autore

Radcliffe G. Edmonds III is Professor and Chair of the Department of Greek, Latin and Classical Studies at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. 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).