Tracing Orpheus

Tracing Orpheus
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 473
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ISBN-10 : 9783110260533
ISBN-13 : 3110260530
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Book Synopsis Tracing Orpheus by : Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui

Download or read book Tracing Orpheus written by Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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