An edition of Derveni Papyrus (2018)

Derveni Papyrus

Unearthing Ancient Mysteries

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An edition of Derveni Papyrus (2018)

Derveni Papyrus

Unearthing Ancient Mysteries

"The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries is devoted to this fascinating and challenging document, discovered in 1962 in a tomb in Derveni, near Thessaloniki, and dated c. 340-320 BCE. It contains a text probably written at the end of 5th c. BCE, which after some reflections on minor divinities and unusual cults, comments upon a poem attributed to Orpheus from an allegorical and philosophical perspective. This volume focuses on the restoration and conservation of the papyrus, the ideas of the anonymous author about Erinyes and daimons, the quoted Orphic poem in comparison with Hesiod's Theogony and Parmenides' poem, the exegetical approach of the commentator, his cosmogonic system, his attitude regarding mystery cults and his peculiar theology"--

Publish Date
Publisher
BRILL
Language
English
Pages
172

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Library of Congress
BL783.D475 2019, BL783 .D475 2019

The Physical Object

Pagination
174
Number of pages
172
Weight
0.901

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL34924179M
ISBN 13
9789004384842
LCCN
2018043159
OCLC/WorldCat
1056202307, 1084396132

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL25881703W

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