Rethinking Orphic ‘Bookishness’: Text and Performance in Classical Mystery Religion
The mythical singer Orpheus was credited as the proto-founder of private Dionysiac initiations in Classical Greece, and written hexameter poems attributed to his authorship played an important role in these cults. Since at least the nineteenth century, classical scholars have identified this “bookis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2020]
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Archiv für Religionsgeschichte
Year: 2020, Volume: 21/22, Issue: 1, Pages: 201-217 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Orpheus, Fictitious character ca. 6.-5. Jh. v. Chr.
/ Mysteries
/ Ritual
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
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Religionswissenschaften
B Theologie und Religion B Altertumswissenschaften B Antike Religionsgeschichte B Klassische Altertumswissenschaften |
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