The Perception of Orphics from I BC to III AD
The Perception of Orphics from I BC to III AD
Author(s): Mariola SobolewskaSubject(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.
Journal: Classica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 143-159
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English