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Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus - Paperback
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by Ioanna Papadopoulou (Editor), Leonard Muellner (Editor)
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?
Number of Pages: 296
Dimensions: 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: April 21, 2014
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