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63. Enigmatic Hints at the Hidden Meaning of Two Central Homeric Passages. The Derveni-Author as Homeric Philologist in PDerv. col. XXVI

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Series Editor’s Forward XI
  4. Editors’ Preface XIII
  5. Alberto Bernabé’s Orphic Bibliography XV
  6. Abbreviations XXIII
  7. Ad Orphicorum Fragmenta
  8. 1. The Place of Performance of Orphic Poetry (OF 1) 1
  9. 2. L’écriture de la voix enchanteresse d’Orphée (OF 1) 7
  10. 3. Exclusive Singing (OF 1a/b) 13
  11. 4. El buen médico y el médico ignorante (OF 1) 17
  12. 5. Echoes of the Formula “Let the Profane Shut the Doors” (OF 1) in two passages by Euripides 23
  13. 6. Ζεὺς μοῦνος: Philosophical Monism and Mythological Monism (OF 12) 29
  14. 7. Orphic Theogonies and the Goddess Isis in Apuleius (OF 14, 31 and 243) 35
  15. 8. Aristotle, Metaphysics 14.4: a Problematic Reference to Orphism (OF 20 IV) 41
  16. 9. Comments on OF 22 49
  17. 10. ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΩΝ ΙΕΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ (OF 40–63) 55
  18. 11. Dionysos Dismembered and Restored to Life: The Earliest Evidence (OF 59 I–II) 61
  19. 12. The Gods who Die and Come Back to Life: the Orphic Dionysus and his parallels in the Near-East (OF 59 I–III and 327 II) 69
  20. 13. Teilt Kaiser Julian die kritische Sicht auf monströse orphische Mythologeme mit den Christen? Beobachtungen zu Adversus Galilaeos fr. 4 Masaracchia (= OF 59 VII = Kyrill von Alexandrien Contra Iulianum 2.11) 77
  21. 14. The Cosmic Egg (OF 64, 79, 114) 85
  22. 15. OF 111: Χρόνος ἀγήραος 93
  23. 16. A Hangover of Cosmic Proportions: OF 222 and its Mythical Context 99
  24. 17. Heraclitus Fragment B 52 DK (on OF 242) 105
  25. 18. Titans in Disguise: the Chalk in Myth and Ritual (OF 308) 111
  26. 19. The Role of Gypsum in Orphism (OF 308) 119
  27. 20. Hecate, Leto’s Daughter, in OF 317 123
  28. 21. Dionysus’ Definitive Rebirth (OF 328 I) 127
  29. 22. From the Heart and with a Serpent: on OF 329 133
  30. 23. Presence in Stoicism of an Orphic Doctrine on the Soul quoted by Aristotle (De Anima 410b 27 = OF 421) 139
  31. 24. Non-musical Notes on the Orphic Lyra (OF 417) 147
  32. 25. OF 437 and the Transformation of the Soul 153
  33. 26. OF 443.2: ἐνάτωι ἔτεϊ. The Delphic Key 159
  34. 27. Do not Drink the Water of Forgetfulness (OF 474–477) 165
  35. 28. Adnotatiunculae in lamellam Hipponensem (OF 474) 171
  36. 29. La λίμνη divina della lamina di Petelia (OF 476.8–10) 179
  37. 30. Festivals in the Afterlife: A New Reading of the Petelia Tablet (OF 476.11) 185
  38. 31. OF 485–486: ‘On this Day’ 189
  39. 32. “Ram, You Fell into the Milk” (OF 485.5–486.4). Possible Orphic Echoes in an Apulian Image 197
  40. 33. En las redes de χρόνος. La peregrinación inicial de las almas contaminadas (Plu. De facie 943C): sobre OF 487.6 205
  41. 34. “I Have Reached the Desired Crown with Swift Feet” (OF 488.6) 213
  42. 35. The “Great Tablet” from Thurii (OF 492) 219
  43. 36. OF 496: Dialectal Diversity in Macedon at the End of the Fourth Century BC 227
  44. 37. Ad OF 496 231
  45. 38. Reflejos del orfismo en Plutarco (OF 524, 358 II, 31 V; Epimen. fr. 43) 237
  46. 39. OF 531 I, Sapph. fr. 58 Voigt y la “nueva Safo” 241
  47. 40. Un dio dai molti nomi (OF 540) 249
  48. 41. OF 540 = Macrobio, Sat. 1.18.12 e Inno orfico 52: Dioniso tra teogonia e attualità religiosa 255
  49. 42. Orfismo nel culto romano di Bona Dea (OF 584) 261
  50. 43. Note to OF 586: κρανιάρχης 269
  51. 44. Theophrastus, Characters 16.12: Orphism or Rhetoric? (OF 654) 275
  52. 45. Synesius, Dio 7 (OF 674) 283
  53. 46. Critical Notes to OF 683 289
  54. 47. The Etymology of Gk. ῎Εμπουσα (OF 713–716) 293
  55. 48. OF 750: Frost or Snow? 297
  56. 49. Greek ἐπηετανός and Other Possible Compounds of ἔτος ‘year’ in Ancient Greek (OF 773) 303
  57. 50. Τύχα in Two Lead Tablets from Selinous (OF 830) 311
  58. 51. Música y Palabra en Orfeo (sobre OF 960) 317
  59. 52. Heracles y Orfeo. Una relación de por vida (sobre OF 1018 I) 325
  60. 53. Extraordinary Orpheus. The Image of Orpheus and Orphism in the Texts of the Paradoxographers (OF 1065, 787, 790, 793, and 794) 333
  61. 54. ἀμουσότερος Λειβηθρίων (OF 1069) 339
  62. 55. Orpheus Reunited with Eurydice (on OF 1076–1077) 345
  63. ad Musaei Linique Fragmenta
  64. 56. Orphism, Cosmogony, and Genealogy (Mus. fr. 14) 351
  65. 57. Linus fr. 2: Music and Death 355
  66. ad Papyrum Derveni
  67. 58. The Derveni Papyrus on Heraclitus (col. IV) 361
  68. 59. Eraclito e i Persiani nel Papiro di Derveni (col. IV 10–14) 365
  69. 60. Col. VI of the Derveni Papyrus and the Ritual Presence of Poultry 371
  70. 61. The Castration of Uranus and its Physical Consequences in the Derveni Papyrus (cols. XIII and XIV) and the First Stoic Philosophers 377
  71. 62. Okéanos dans la colonne XXIII du Papyrus de Derveni 385
  72. 63. Enigmatic Hints at the Hidden Meaning of Two Central Homeric Passages. The Derveni-Author as Homeric Philologist in PDerv. col. XXVI 393
  73. ad Hymnos Orphicos
  74. 64. Orphic Hymn 37 399
  75. 65. Orphic Hymn 86 “To Dream”: On Orphic Sleep and Philo 405
  76. de Orpheo in Moderna Aetate
  77. La decisión de Orfeo (según Cesare Pavese) 413
  78. Carmina Orphica Hispanica
  79. Himno órfico a Zeus 419
  80. El Orfeo de Ovidio en hexámetros castellanos 421
  81. Analytic index 427
  82. Index fontium 435
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110260533.393

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Series Editor’s Forward XI
  4. Editors’ Preface XIII
  5. Alberto Bernabé’s Orphic Bibliography XV
  6. Abbreviations XXIII
  7. Ad Orphicorum Fragmenta
  8. 1. The Place of Performance of Orphic Poetry (OF 1) 1
  9. 2. L’écriture de la voix enchanteresse d’Orphée (OF 1) 7
  10. 3. Exclusive Singing (OF 1a/b) 13
  11. 4. El buen médico y el médico ignorante (OF 1) 17
  12. 5. Echoes of the Formula “Let the Profane Shut the Doors” (OF 1) in two passages by Euripides 23
  13. 6. Ζεὺς μοῦνος: Philosophical Monism and Mythological Monism (OF 12) 29
  14. 7. Orphic Theogonies and the Goddess Isis in Apuleius (OF 14, 31 and 243) 35
  15. 8. Aristotle, Metaphysics 14.4: a Problematic Reference to Orphism (OF 20 IV) 41
  16. 9. Comments on OF 22 49
  17. 10. ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΩΝ ΙΕΡΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ (OF 40–63) 55
  18. 11. Dionysos Dismembered and Restored to Life: The Earliest Evidence (OF 59 I–II) 61
  19. 12. The Gods who Die and Come Back to Life: the Orphic Dionysus and his parallels in the Near-East (OF 59 I–III and 327 II) 69
  20. 13. Teilt Kaiser Julian die kritische Sicht auf monströse orphische Mythologeme mit den Christen? Beobachtungen zu Adversus Galilaeos fr. 4 Masaracchia (= OF 59 VII = Kyrill von Alexandrien Contra Iulianum 2.11) 77
  21. 14. The Cosmic Egg (OF 64, 79, 114) 85
  22. 15. OF 111: Χρόνος ἀγήραος 93
  23. 16. A Hangover of Cosmic Proportions: OF 222 and its Mythical Context 99
  24. 17. Heraclitus Fragment B 52 DK (on OF 242) 105
  25. 18. Titans in Disguise: the Chalk in Myth and Ritual (OF 308) 111
  26. 19. The Role of Gypsum in Orphism (OF 308) 119
  27. 20. Hecate, Leto’s Daughter, in OF 317 123
  28. 21. Dionysus’ Definitive Rebirth (OF 328 I) 127
  29. 22. From the Heart and with a Serpent: on OF 329 133
  30. 23. Presence in Stoicism of an Orphic Doctrine on the Soul quoted by Aristotle (De Anima 410b 27 = OF 421) 139
  31. 24. Non-musical Notes on the Orphic Lyra (OF 417) 147
  32. 25. OF 437 and the Transformation of the Soul 153
  33. 26. OF 443.2: ἐνάτωι ἔτεϊ. The Delphic Key 159
  34. 27. Do not Drink the Water of Forgetfulness (OF 474–477) 165
  35. 28. Adnotatiunculae in lamellam Hipponensem (OF 474) 171
  36. 29. La λίμνη divina della lamina di Petelia (OF 476.8–10) 179
  37. 30. Festivals in the Afterlife: A New Reading of the Petelia Tablet (OF 476.11) 185
  38. 31. OF 485–486: ‘On this Day’ 189
  39. 32. “Ram, You Fell into the Milk” (OF 485.5–486.4). Possible Orphic Echoes in an Apulian Image 197
  40. 33. En las redes de χρόνος. La peregrinación inicial de las almas contaminadas (Plu. De facie 943C): sobre OF 487.6 205
  41. 34. “I Have Reached the Desired Crown with Swift Feet” (OF 488.6) 213
  42. 35. The “Great Tablet” from Thurii (OF 492) 219
  43. 36. OF 496: Dialectal Diversity in Macedon at the End of the Fourth Century BC 227
  44. 37. Ad OF 496 231
  45. 38. Reflejos del orfismo en Plutarco (OF 524, 358 II, 31 V; Epimen. fr. 43) 237
  46. 39. OF 531 I, Sapph. fr. 58 Voigt y la “nueva Safo” 241
  47. 40. Un dio dai molti nomi (OF 540) 249
  48. 41. OF 540 = Macrobio, Sat. 1.18.12 e Inno orfico 52: Dioniso tra teogonia e attualità religiosa 255
  49. 42. Orfismo nel culto romano di Bona Dea (OF 584) 261
  50. 43. Note to OF 586: κρανιάρχης 269
  51. 44. Theophrastus, Characters 16.12: Orphism or Rhetoric? (OF 654) 275
  52. 45. Synesius, Dio 7 (OF 674) 283
  53. 46. Critical Notes to OF 683 289
  54. 47. The Etymology of Gk. ῎Εμπουσα (OF 713–716) 293
  55. 48. OF 750: Frost or Snow? 297
  56. 49. Greek ἐπηετανός and Other Possible Compounds of ἔτος ‘year’ in Ancient Greek (OF 773) 303
  57. 50. Τύχα in Two Lead Tablets from Selinous (OF 830) 311
  58. 51. Música y Palabra en Orfeo (sobre OF 960) 317
  59. 52. Heracles y Orfeo. Una relación de por vida (sobre OF 1018 I) 325
  60. 53. Extraordinary Orpheus. The Image of Orpheus and Orphism in the Texts of the Paradoxographers (OF 1065, 787, 790, 793, and 794) 333
  61. 54. ἀμουσότερος Λειβηθρίων (OF 1069) 339
  62. 55. Orpheus Reunited with Eurydice (on OF 1076–1077) 345
  63. ad Musaei Linique Fragmenta
  64. 56. Orphism, Cosmogony, and Genealogy (Mus. fr. 14) 351
  65. 57. Linus fr. 2: Music and Death 355
  66. ad Papyrum Derveni
  67. 58. The Derveni Papyrus on Heraclitus (col. IV) 361
  68. 59. Eraclito e i Persiani nel Papiro di Derveni (col. IV 10–14) 365
  69. 60. Col. VI of the Derveni Papyrus and the Ritual Presence of Poultry 371
  70. 61. The Castration of Uranus and its Physical Consequences in the Derveni Papyrus (cols. XIII and XIV) and the First Stoic Philosophers 377
  71. 62. Okéanos dans la colonne XXIII du Papyrus de Derveni 385
  72. 63. Enigmatic Hints at the Hidden Meaning of Two Central Homeric Passages. The Derveni-Author as Homeric Philologist in PDerv. col. XXVI 393
  73. ad Hymnos Orphicos
  74. 64. Orphic Hymn 37 399
  75. 65. Orphic Hymn 86 “To Dream”: On Orphic Sleep and Philo 405
  76. de Orpheo in Moderna Aetate
  77. La decisión de Orfeo (según Cesare Pavese) 413
  78. Carmina Orphica Hispanica
  79. Himno órfico a Zeus 419
  80. El Orfeo de Ovidio en hexámetros castellanos 421
  81. Analytic index 427
  82. Index fontium 435
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