"Examines a collection of gold tablets, products of Greek mystery religions offering post mortem salvation, and reads them in the performance context and thought of early Greek poetry. Applies a range of new analytical tools to these materials, including approaches from epigraphy and religious studies"--
"Examines a collection of gold tablets, products of Greek mystery religions offering post mortem salvation, and reads them in the performance context and thought of early Greek poetry. Applies a range of new analytical tools to these materials, including approaches from epigraphy and religious studies"--
MARK F. MCCLAY is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Hillsdale College.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Bacchic verses: poetry and the gold leaves 1. Mapping memory: Bacchic cults and poetic models 2. The tomb of memory: epigrams and funerary context 3. Material genres: amulets and incantations 4. Gold in the grave: the metal of the tablets.
Introduction: Bacchic verses: poetry and the gold leaves 1. Mapping memory: Bacchic cults and poetic models 2. The tomb of memory: epigrams and funerary context 3. Material genres: amulets and incantations 4. Gold in the grave: the metal of the tablets.
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