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Myths of the Underworld Journey - Plato, Aristophanes, and the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets (Hardcover)
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Myths of the Underworld Journey - Plato, Aristophanes, and the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets (Hardcover)
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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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