Books by Anthi Chrysanthou
Defining Orphism: the Beliefs, the teletae and the Writings", 2020
https://bit.ly/2KsmpUr This is a chapter from my book "Defining Orphism: the Beliefs, the teleta... more https://bit.ly/2KsmpUr This is a chapter from my book "Defining Orphism: the Beliefs, the teletae and the Writings". It is currently available in free access until the end of the year by De Gruyter through the link above.
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Chrysanthou, A. 2020. Defining Orphism: the Beliefs, the teletae and the Writings. Trends in Classics, Vol.94. Berlin: De Gruyter., 2020
This book offers a concise whole-encompassing definition of Orphism through bringing together all... more This book offers a concise whole-encompassing definition of Orphism through bringing together all of its main components in a single study, highlighting both parallels and divergences between the Gold Tablets, the Derveni Papyrus and the Orphic Rhapsodies, and a large variety of non-Orphic sources referring to Orphic ideas, practices, or texts. It also includes a reconstruction of the Orphic Rhapsodies along with a translation and commentary.
The journal Trends in Classics and the accompanying Supplementary Volumes publish innovative, interdisciplinary work which brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines, such as narratology, intertextuality, reader-response criticism, and oral poetics. Both publications seek to publish research across the full range of classical antiquity.
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My research aims to define the Orphic beliefs and mysteries through the examination and analysis ... more My research aims to define the Orphic beliefs and mysteries through the examination and analysis of the Orphic writings and evidence. I will be dealing with four main components which are: the Derveni Papyrus, the Orphic Rhapsodies, the Gold Tablets and the Olbian Bone Tablets. Apart from discussing these components individually, I will also inter-relate them through a narrative, conceptual and semiotic approach and comparison. Scholarship up to now has examined the aforementioned components individually, which did not allow for a substantial in depth comparison to take place. This is partly due to the fact that the Orphic Rhapsodies survive through innumerable fragments which do not offer a coherent picture of their contents. Part of my thesis, therefore, deals with this matter through attempting to reconstruct the surviving text of the Orphic Rhapsodies. Apart from these main components, I will also discuss numerous primary literary and archaeological sources referring directly or indirectly to Orphism, Orphics or Orpheus, and covering a chronological period from the 8th century B.C. up to Late Antique. This is essential in order to place Orphism in a historical and sociological context, and to enhance our observations considering the ancient attitudes towards Orphism. Through this all-encompassing approach to one of the most intriguing matters in the field of Classics, I hope to offer some useful insights as to how Orphism can be defined and gain a better understanding of the Orphic practices, texts and beliefs.
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Defining Orphism, 2020
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Books by Anthi Chrysanthou
The journal Trends in Classics and the accompanying Supplementary Volumes publish innovative, interdisciplinary work which brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines, such as narratology, intertextuality, reader-response criticism, and oral poetics. Both publications seek to publish research across the full range of classical antiquity.
Papers by Anthi Chrysanthou
The journal Trends in Classics and the accompanying Supplementary Volumes publish innovative, interdisciplinary work which brings to the study of Greek and Latin texts the insights and methods of related disciplines, such as narratology, intertextuality, reader-response criticism, and oral poetics. Both publications seek to publish research across the full range of classical antiquity.