02937oam 2200745I 450 991097289350332120251117101134.097811367507931136750797978020356424002035642439781136750724113675072X10.4324/9780203564240(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.London ;New York Routledge2013Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (297 p.)"First published 2007"--T.p. verso.9780415508032 0415508037 9780415508025 0415508029 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 Fritz153709Johnston Sarah Iles1957-162823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972893503321Ritual texts for the afterlife1375620UNINA