Initiation into the mysteries of the ancient world
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xviii, 256 pages ; 24 cm
Based in part on lectures presented at the University of Munich, 2011-2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
Initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries : a "thin" description -- Mysteries at the interface of Greece and Anatolia : Samothracian Gods, Kabeiroi and Korybantes -- Orpheus, Orphism and Orphic-Bacchic mysteries -- Greek mysteries in Roman times -- The mysteries of Isis and Mithras -- Did the mysteries influence early Christianity? -- Appendix 1. Demeter and Eleusis in Megara -- Appendix 2. The Golden Bough : Orphic, Eleusinian and Hellenistic-Jewish sources of Virgil's Underworld in Aeneid VI
Based in part on lectures presented at the University of Munich, 2011-2012
Includes bibliographical references and index
Initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries : a "thin" description -- Mysteries at the interface of Greece and Anatolia : Samothracian Gods, Kabeiroi and Korybantes -- Orpheus, Orphism and Orphic-Bacchic mysteries -- Greek mysteries in Roman times -- The mysteries of Isis and Mithras -- Did the mysteries influence early Christianity? -- Appendix 1. Demeter and Eleusis in Megara -- Appendix 2. The Golden Bough : Orphic, Eleusinian and Hellenistic-Jewish sources of Virgil's Underworld in Aeneid VI
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