Radcliffe G. Edmonds III (Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr College)

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Redefining Ancient Orphism

Beschreibung

This book examines the fragmentary evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems, redefining 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.

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781108730075
• ISBN-10: 1108730078
• Artikelnr.: 54640448