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The Derveni papyrus : unearthing ancient mysteries

By Marco Antonio , Santamaría Álvarez

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2019
ISBN
9789004384842, 9004384847
ISSN
0169-9652
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (26978971 bytes)
Series
Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 36.
Pages
173\194
Time added
2020-10-07 13:43:27
Papiri letterari greci -- Derveni -- Sec IV a C

Description

"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.  Read more...

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