Πολυώνυμοι - A Lexicon of the Divine Epithets in the Orphic Hymns

Polyṓnymoi - A Lexicon of the Divine Epithets in the Orphic Hymns

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  • The Orphic Hymns consist of a prooemium and 87 hymns addressed to several deities in a late Orphic initiation of sorts. They were composed probably in Asia Minor during the second or third century CE. The bulk of these hymns are made up of divine epithets often linked together in chains of considerable length. The lexicon attempts to give a comprehensive account of the roughly 850 epithets, bringing together the most relevant information scattered in the scholarly literature and adding others from various sources (literary, epigraphic,The Orphic Hymns consist of a prooemium and 87 hymns addressed to several deities in a late Orphic initiation of sorts. They were composed probably in Asia Minor during the second or third century CE. The bulk of these hymns are made up of divine epithets often linked together in chains of considerable length. The lexicon attempts to give a comprehensive account of the roughly 850 epithets, bringing together the most relevant information scattered in the scholarly literature and adding others from various sources (literary, epigraphic, lexicographic, scholia etc.) in order to provide an overview of their usage and the main details of their models.show moreshow less
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Author: José Marcos MacedoORCiD, Daniel KölliganORCiD, Pedro BarbieriORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-220613
Document Type:Book
Faculties:Philosophische Fakultät (Histor., philolog., Kultur- und geograph. Wissensch.) / Institut für Altertumswissenschaften
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Edition:1. Auflage
Publisher:Würzburg University Press
Place of publication:Würzburg
ISBN:978-3-95826-154-9
ISBN:978-3-95826-155-6
Pagenumber:260
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-155-6
Sonstige beteiligte Institutionen:Universidade de São Paulo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras Clássicas, São Paulo, Brasil
Dewey Decimal Classification:4 Sprache / 48 Griechisch / 480 Hellenische Sprachen; klassisches Griechisch
GND Keyword:Orphica; Hymni; Beiname; Götter
Tag:Griechisch; Hymnen; Lexikon; Orphismus
Greek language; epithets; hymns; orphism
Release Date:2021/04/01
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