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- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- ISBN-10: 0674726766
- ISBN-13: 9780674726765
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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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?EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- ISBN-10: 0674726766
- ISBN-13: 9780674726765
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
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?
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