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The Perception of Orphics from I BC to III AD
The Perception of Orphics from I BC to III AD

Author(s): Mariola Sobolewska
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Orphics; Orphic beliefs; Christian authors; non-Christian authors

Summary/Abstract: In my article I examined rare mentions about Orphics in texts of Christian (i.e. Athenagoras, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Eusebius of Ceasarea, Theophilus of Antioch, Pseudo-Justin) and non-Christian authors (i.e. Diodorus of Sicily, Strabo, Plutarchus). I established that Christian authors as well as non-Christian authors in I BC – III AD had the worst possible opinion about Orphics and their practices.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 143-159
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English
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