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Orphism

Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld (katabasis) and returned. Orphism has been described as a reform of the earlier Dionysian religion, involving a…

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Triples299
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Articles on Orphism · 119
Orphism → Afterlife, Agnieszka, Alberto, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Secret Cults, Archaeology, Argead Macedonia, Aryeh, Assimilation, BC, Belles Lettres, Bernabé, Bremmer, Brimo, Bristol, Carpenter, CC, Cecil Smith, Classica Cracoviensia, Classical Antiquity
related to Books on Orphism · 94
Orphism → Adelphi, Alberto, Alderink, American Philological Association, Ana Isabel Jiménez San, Ancient Orphism, Anthi, April, Aristophanes, Arno Press, August, Bernabé, BRILL, Brisson, Burkert, Cambridge University Press, Carratelli, Christian Self-Definition, Christianity, Chrysanthou
related to References · 68
Orphism → Anton, April, August, Beacon Press, Betegh, Birth, Cambridge University Press, Carl, Clarendon Press, Company, Cosmology, Critical History, David, December, Dirk, Doctrine, Doxography, Dwayne, Early Orphism, Gods
related to Relationship to Pythagoreanism · 11
Orphism → Neoplatonist, Orphic, Orphico-Pythagoreanism, Others, Proclus, Pythagoras, Pythagorean, Pythagoreanism, Pythagoreans, Some, The
related to history · 6
Orphism → According, Apollo, Dionysus, However, Mysteries, Orpheus
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Orphism → name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world

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isbn orphic greek orpheus dionysus 10 retrieved august 2023 titans press theogony ancient myth zeus bc university century gold tablets

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Orphismis aname given to a set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world0.90text
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismBernabé0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismAlberto0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismSome Thoughts0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismNew' Gold Tablet0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismPherai0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismZeitschrift0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismPapyrologie0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismEpigraphik0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismBremmer0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismJan0.60section
Orphismrelated to Articles on OrphismPythagoras0.60section

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