| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 379 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world,
0927-7633 ;
162
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; 162.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Spanish with text in English and Greek. |
| Subject |
Dionysia.
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Dionysia. |
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Tablets (Paleography)
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Tablets (Paleography) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jiménez San Cristóbal, Ana Isabel.
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Olmos Romera, Ricardo.
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Olmos, Sara.
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Chase, Michael, 1959-
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| Added Title |
Instrucciones para el mas allá. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007082826
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bernabé Pajares, Alberto. Instrucciones para el mas allá. English. Instructions for the netherworld. Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2007047589 |
| ISBN |
9047423747 (electronic book) |
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9789047423744 (electronic book) |
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9004163719 (Cloth) |
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9789004163713 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004163713.i-379 |
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