02748oam 2200673I 450 991081267090332120240530000036.01-136-75079-70-203-56424-31-136-75072-X10.4324/9780203564240(CKB)2670000000390368(EBL)1251046(OCoLC)852758600(SSID)ssj0000918604(PQKBManifestationID)12461385(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918604(PQKBWorkID)10907408(PQKB)10144000(Au-PeEL)EBL1251046(CaPaEBR)ebr10729780(CaONFJC)MIL503898(OCoLC)852811088(FINmELB)ELB139449(MiAaPQ)EBC1251046(EXLCZ)99267000000039036820180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRitual texts for the afterlife Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets /Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston2nd ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (297 p.)"First published 2007"--T.p. verso.0-415-50803-7 0-415-50802-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and indexes.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.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.Future lifeOrpheus--(Greek mythology)Dionysus (Greek deity)GreeceReligionFuture life.Orpheus--(Greek mythology)Dionysus (Greek deity)292.8/5Graf Fritz.153709Johnston Sarah Iles1957-162823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812670903321Ritual texts for the afterlife1375620UNINA