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 this detailed analysis of the specific ways in which each author makes use of the tradition.
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"Relying on the best current scholarship, Edmonds examines ancient Greek stories about journeys to the land of the dead." CHOICE May 2005
"Not only does Radcliffe Edomonds offer interesting asnwers to long-standing problems; he also illustrates the advantage of combining an analytic method with a synthetic one. In addition to analytically concentrating on concrete distinctions, he perceives patterns and similarities found at an abstract level." - Synnove Des Bouvrie, University of Tromso
"solid, interesting and helpful insights" - Jon Steffen Bruss
"Not only does Radcliffe Edomonds offer interesting asnwers to long-standing problems; he also illustrates the advantage of combining an analytic method with a synthetic one. In addition to analytically concentrating on concrete distinctions, he perceives patterns and similarities found at an abstract level." - Synnove Des Bouvrie, University of Tromso
"solid, interesting and helpful insights" - Jon Steffen Bruss
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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.
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So the journey is not as Aeschylus' Telephus describes it: he says it is a simple path that leads to Hades, but to me it seems to be neither simple nor single. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
favorable afterlife, favorable judgement, gold tablets, mythic tradition, restless dead, mythic discourse, philosophic life, golden race, unjust deeds, divine lineage, blissful existence, water barrier, mythic elements, traditional motifs, unburied dead Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plato's Phaedo, Pugliese Carratelli, The Upward Path of Philosophy, Dionysos Lusios, Homeric Hymn, Caecilia Secundina, Elysian Field, Pindar Nem, Pindar Olympian, Spirit of Comedy, While Aristophanes New!
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So the journey is not as Aeschylus' Telephus describes it: he says it is a simple path that leads to Hades, but to me it seems to be neither simple nor single. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
favorable afterlife, favorable judgement, gold tablets, mythic tradition, restless dead, mythic discourse, philosophic life, golden race, unjust deeds, divine lineage, blissful existence, water barrier, mythic elements, traditional motifs, unburied dead Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plato's Phaedo, Pugliese Carratelli, The Upward Path of Philosophy, Dionysos Lusios, Homeric Hymn, Caecilia Secundina, Elysian Field, Pindar Nem, Pindar Olympian, Spirit of Comedy, While Aristophanes New!
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- Interpretations of Greek Mythology by Jan Bremmer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Greek Religion: Belief and Experience by Thomas Harrison on page 30, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Works and Days (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints) by Hesiod on page 76, and page 93
- The Creation of Mythology by Marcel Detienne on page 5, and Back Matter
- Orpheus and Greek Religion (Mythos Books) by William Keith Guthrie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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