The Gold Leaves : Being an Account and Translation from the Ancient Greek of the So-Called 'Orphic' Gold Tablets.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780994137654
- 292.37
- BL820.B2 .J466 2019
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- The Gold Leaves -- The Discoveries -- Physical Characteristics of the Leaves -- A Consistent Doctrine of a Life after Death? -- Dionysus Orpheus Persephone -- A Question of Gender -- Controversial Images in the Texts of the Leaves -- Ritual Performance and the Leaves -- References -- Translations with Selected Texts -- Brief Commentaries on the Texts and Translations -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Classical References -- Back Cover.
The Gold Leaves is a study of ancient (c.400BC-300AD) verses, often fragmentary, incised on fragile gold leaves that have been found (and continue to be found) buried in graves and tombs in the culturally Greek parts of the Mediterranean world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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