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Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets
Ritual Texts for the Afterlife Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets
Author: Graf;Johnston
Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to the second century CE, have been part of the sch...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415415514
ISBN-10: 0415415519
Publication Date: 6/22/2007
Pages: 256
Edition: 1 New
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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