The Study of Orphism

In this article I shall provide a brief survey of the study of Orphism and give some indications of its present status. After a short introduction to the prior debate on the subject I will emphasize the role of the new material relevant to Orphism which has been unearthed and made available to schol...

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Main Author: Stian Sundell Torjussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005-07-01
Series:Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/1862
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Summary:In this article I shall provide a brief survey of the study of Orphism and give some indications of its present status. After a short introduction to the prior debate on the subject I will emphasize the role of the new material relevant to Orphism which has been unearthed and made available to scholars since the middle of the 1970s.
ISSN:0809-1668
1503-2086