| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) |
| Contents |
The tablets: an edition and translation -- A history of scholarship on the tablets -- The myth of Dionysus -- The eschatology behind the tablets -- Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets -- Orpheus, his poetry, and sacred texts |
| Summary |
Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the scholarly debate on ancient afterlife beliefs since the end of the nineteenth century. Recent finds and analysis of the texts have reshaped our understanding of their purpose and of the perceived afterlife. The tablets belonged to those who had |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Orpheus (Greek mythological character)
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Dionysus (Greek deity)
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| SUBJECT |
Dionysus (Greek deity) fast |
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Orpheus (Greek mythological character) fast |
| Subject |
Future life.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology.
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Future life
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057127
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| Subject |
Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2012038345 |
| ISBN |
9780415508025 |
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0415508029 |
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9780415508032 |
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0415508037 |
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9780203564240 |
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0203564243 |
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9781299726475 |
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129972647X |
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9781136750724 |
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113675072X |
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9781136750861 |
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113675086X |
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9781136750793 |
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1136750797 |
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