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CHAPTER X. ORPHIC MYSTERIES

  • Jane Ellen Harrison
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Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
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© 2022 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2022 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
  3. INTRODUCTION xi
  4. CHAPTER I. OLYMPIAN AND CHTHONIC RITUAL 1
  5. CHAPTER IT. THE ANTHESTERIA. THE RITUAL OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS 32
  6. CHAPTER III. HARVEST FESTIVALS. THE THARGELIA, KALLYNTERIA, PLYNTERIA 77
  7. CHAPTER IV. THE WOMEN'S FESTIVALS. THESMOPHORIA, ARIIEPHORIA, SKIROPHORIA, STENIA, HALOA 120
  8. CHAPTER V. THE DEMONOLOGY OF GHOSTS AND SPRITES AND BOGEYS 163
  9. CHAPTER VI. THE MAKING OF A GODDESS 257
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE MAKING OF A GOD 322
  11. CHAPTER VIII. DIONYSOS 363
  12. CHAPTER IX. ORPHEUS 454
  13. CHAPTER X. ORPHIC MYSTERIES 478
  14. CHAPTER XI. ORPHIC ESCHATOLOGY 572
  15. CHAPTER XII. OEPHIC COSMOGONY 624
  16. CRITICAL APPENDIX ON THE ORPHIC TABLETS 659
  17. INDEX OF CLASSICAL PASSAGES 674
  18. INDEX 677
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691227467-011

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
  3. INTRODUCTION xi
  4. CHAPTER I. OLYMPIAN AND CHTHONIC RITUAL 1
  5. CHAPTER IT. THE ANTHESTERIA. THE RITUAL OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS 32
  6. CHAPTER III. HARVEST FESTIVALS. THE THARGELIA, KALLYNTERIA, PLYNTERIA 77
  7. CHAPTER IV. THE WOMEN'S FESTIVALS. THESMOPHORIA, ARIIEPHORIA, SKIROPHORIA, STENIA, HALOA 120
  8. CHAPTER V. THE DEMONOLOGY OF GHOSTS AND SPRITES AND BOGEYS 163
  9. CHAPTER VI. THE MAKING OF A GODDESS 257
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE MAKING OF A GOD 322
  11. CHAPTER VIII. DIONYSOS 363
  12. CHAPTER IX. ORPHEUS 454
  13. CHAPTER X. ORPHIC MYSTERIES 478
  14. CHAPTER XI. ORPHIC ESCHATOLOGY 572
  15. CHAPTER XII. OEPHIC COSMOGONY 624
  16. CRITICAL APPENDIX ON THE ORPHIC TABLETS 659
  17. INDEX OF CLASSICAL PASSAGES 674
  18. INDEX 677
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