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UNINA9910812670903321 |
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Autore |
Graf Fritz |
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Ritual texts for the afterlife : Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets / / Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-75079-7 |
0-203-56424-3 |
1-136-75072-X |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JohnstonSarah Iles <1957-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Future life |
Orpheus--(Greek mythology) |
Dionysus (Greek deity) |
Greece Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 2007"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The tablets: an edition and translation -- A history of scholarship on the tablets -- The myth of Dionysus -- The eschatology behind the tablets -- Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets -- Orpheus, his poetry, and sacred texts. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly debate on ancient afterlife beliefs since the end of the nineteenth century. Recent finds and analysis of the texts have reshaped our understanding of their purpose and of the perceived afterlife. |
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