Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 379 Seiten) :
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Illustrationen.
ISBN:
90-474-2374-7
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978-90-47-42374-4
Series Statement:
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world Volume 162
Uniform Title:
Instrucciones para el mas allá
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - 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). - 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 interpretation
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Translated from the Spanish with text in English and Greek
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-04-16371-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Orphicae Lamellae
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Orphik
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Quelle
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004163713.i-379
Author information:
Bernabé Pajares, Alberto, 1946-,
