| Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus Contributor(s): Papadopoulou, Ioanna (Editor), Muellner, Leonard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674726766 ISBN-13: 9780674726765 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology |
| Dewey: 292.8 |
| LCCN: 2013049499 |
| Series: Hellenic Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European "book." It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb A but, by a stroke of luck, did not burn completely. Considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth century, the papyrus was found accidentally in 1962 during a public works project in an uninhabited place about 10 km from Thessaloniki, and it is now preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. The papers in Poetry as Initiation discuss a number of open questions: Who was the author of the papyrus? What is the date of the text? What is the significance of burying a book with a corpse? What was the context of the peculiar chthonic ritual described in the text? Who were its performers? What is the relationship of the author and the ritual to the so-called Orphic texts? |
Contributor Bio(s): Muellner, Leonard: - Leonard Muellner is Professor of Classical Studies at Brandeis University and Director of Information Technology, Collections, and Publications at the Center for Hellenic Studies.Papadopoulou, Ioanna: - Ioanna Papadopoulou is CHS-EU Fellow in Interdisciplinary Research, Information Technology, and Publications at the Center for Hellenic Studies and Researcher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. |