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.
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.
Graf, Fritz; Johnston, Sarah; Graf, Fritz; Johnston, Sarah Iles
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List of illustrations Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition 1 The tablets: An edition and translation Concordance 2 A history of scholarship on the tablets 3 The myth of Dionysus 4 The eschatology behind the tablets 5 Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets 6 Orpheus his poetry and sacred texts Appendix 1: Orphism in the twenty-first century Appendix 2: The tablets from Pherae Appendix 3: The tablets from Roman Palestine Appendix 4: Additional Bacchic texts 1 The Olbia bone tablets 2 Bacchic inscriptions from Olbia 3 The Gurôb Papyrus 4 The Edict of Ptolemy IV Philopator Notes Bibliography Subject index Index of ancient texts
List of illustrations Preface to the first edition Preface to the second edition 1 The tablets: An edition and translation Concordance 2 A history of scholarship on the tablets 3 The myth of Dionysus 4 The eschatology behind the tablets 5 Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets 6 Orpheus his poetry and sacred texts Appendix 1: Orphism in the twenty-first century Appendix 2: The tablets from Pherae Appendix 3: The tablets from Roman Palestine Appendix 4: Additional Bacchic texts 1 The Olbia bone tablets 2 Bacchic inscriptions from Olbia 3 The Gurôb Papyrus 4 The Edict of Ptolemy IV Philopator Notes Bibliography Subject index Index of ancient texts
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