Orphic Hymns

Author: Wu Yaling (Translator)
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: The translator introduces to readers an ancient sect in the traditional cultural genealogy of ancient Greece: the "Orphic Mysteries." It is a sect as old as, or even older than, the Homeric-Hesiodic tradition, integrating poetry, religious doctrines, and religious life practices.