Ritual texts for the afterlife : Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets / Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston.

Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These texts, dating from the late fifth century BCE to th...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Graf, Fritz
Other Authors:	Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) Dionysus > (Greek deity) Future life. Greece > Religion. Religion. Greece.