UID:
almahu_9947414877902882
Format:
1 online resource (x, 385 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511730214 (ebook)
Content:
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 This collection brings together a number of previously published and unpublished studies from scholars around the world, making accessible to a wider audience some of the new methodologies being applied to the study of these tablets.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.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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The tablet texts.
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Who are you? A brief history of the scholarship ;
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The "Orphic" gold tablets : texts and translations, with critical apparatus and tables /
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Texts and contexts.
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Text and ritual : the corpus eschatologicum of the Orphics /
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Are the "Orphic" gold leaves Orphic? /
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"A child of earth am I and of starry heaven" : concerning the anthropology of the Orphic gold tablets /
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Common motifs in the "Orphic" B tablets and Egyptian funerary texts : continuity or convergence? /
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Center, periphery, or peripheral center : a Cretan connection for the gold lamellae of Crete /
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Semiotic and narrative analyses.
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Funerary gold lamellae and Orphic papyrus commentaries : same use, different purpose /
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Initiation, death, underworld : narrative and ritual in the gold leaves /
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Sacred scripture or oracles for the dead? The semiotic situation of the "Orphic" gold tablets /
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Dialogues of immortality from the Iliad to the gold leaves /
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Poetry and performance in the Orphic gold leaves /
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Rushing into milk : new perspectives on the gold tablets /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521518314
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511730214
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