Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek Religion by Radcliffe G. Edmonds III

Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek Religion

Radcliffe G. Edmonds III

464 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

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This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this...

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