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  1. Myths of the underworld journey
    Plato, Aristophanes, and the "Orphic" gold tablets
    Author: Edmonds, Radcliffe G.
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    This book was first published in 2004. Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the boundaries of their societies.... more

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    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    This book was first published in 2004. Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the boundaries of their societies. Rather than being the relics of a faded ritual tradition or the products of Orphic influence, these myths can only reveal their meanings through a close analysis of the specific ways in which each author makes use of the tradition. For these authors, myth is an agonistic discourse, neither a kind of sacred dogma nor a mere literary diversion, but rather a flexible tool that serves the wide variety of uses to which it is put. The traditional tale of the journey to the Underworld in Greek mythology is neither simple nor single, but each telling reveals a perspective on the cosmos, a reflection of the order of this world through the image of the other

     
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511497896
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: CD 3067 ; FB 4019 ; FH 26580
    Subjects: Mythology, Greek; Voyages to the otherworld; Dionysia; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Voyages to the otherworld in literature; Mythologie; Unterwelt <Motiv>; Unterwelt
    Other subjects: Plato / Phaedo; Aristophanes / Frogs; Aristophanes (v445-v385): Ranae; Plato (v427-v347): Phaedo
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 276 S.)
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    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

    Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009

    1. Introduction: the start of the journey 2. Roadmaps of de;viance: The 'Orphic' gold tablets 3. Descent into the depths of comedy: The Frogs of Aristophanes 4. The upward path of philosophy: the myth in Plato's Phaedo 5. Conclusions: the end of the road
  2. Myths of the underworld journey
    Plato, Aristophanes, and the "Orphic" gold tablets
    Author: Edmonds, Radcliffe G.
    Published: 2004
    Publisher:  Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge [u.a.]

    This book was first published in 2004. Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the boundaries of their societies.... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    This book was first published in 2004. Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the boundaries of their societies. Rather than being the relics of a faded ritual tradition or the products of Orphic influence, these myths can only reveal their meanings through a close analysis of the specific ways in which each author makes use of the tradition. For these authors, myth is an agonistic discourse, neither a kind of sacred dogma nor a mere literary diversion, but rather a flexible tool that serves the wide variety of uses to which it is put. The traditional tale of the journey to the Underworld in Greek mythology is neither simple nor single, but each telling reveals a perspective on the cosmos, a reflection of the order of this world through the image of the other

     
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    Content information
    Volltext (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780511497896
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: CD 3067 ; FB 4019 ; FH 26580
    Subjects: Mythology, Greek; Voyages to the otherworld; Dionysia; Mythology, Greek, in literature; Voyages to the otherworld in literature; Mythologie; Unterwelt <Motiv>; Unterwelt
    Other subjects: Plato / Phaedo; Aristophanes / Frogs; Aristophanes (v445-v385): Ranae; Plato (v427-v347): Phaedo
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 276 S.)
    Notes:

    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

    Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009

    1. Introduction: the start of the journey 2. Roadmaps of de;viance: The 'Orphic' gold tablets 3. Descent into the depths of comedy: The Frogs of Aristophanes 4. The upward path of philosophy: the myth in Plato's Phaedo 5. Conclusions: the end of the road