Tracing Orpheus : Studies of Orphic Fragments

Name: Tracing Orpheus
Brand: De Gruyter
SKU: 9783110260526
Price: 31750 KES
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ISBN: 9783110260526

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Format Hardback

Book Series Sozomena

ISBN-10 3110260522

ISBN-13 9783110260526

Publisher De Gruyter

Imprint De Gruyter

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 22nd, 2011

Print length 468 Pages

Weight 803 grams

Product Classification: Ancient, classical and medieval texts Classical texts Classical history / classical civilisation Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 Ancient history Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

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It contains 65 short new studies on Orphic fragments by leading international scholars who comment one of the most controversial phenomena in Antiquity from a plurality of perspectives. Readers will acquire a global vision of the multiple dimensions of the Orphic tradition, as well as many new insights into particular Orphic fragments.

There is hardly a more controversial issue in the study of ancient religion than Orphism. More than two centuries of debate have not closed the subject, since new evidence and divergent approaches have kept appearing regularly. This volume sheds light on the most relevant pieces of evidence for ancient Orphism, collected in the recent edition by Alberto Bernabé. It contains 65 short new studies on Orphic fragments by leading international scholars who comment one of the most controversial phenomena in Antiquity from a plurality of perspectives. Readers will acquire a global vision of the multiple dimensions of the Orphic tradition, as well as many new insights into particular Orphic fragments.

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