The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Problems Pertaining to the Restoration, Conservation, and Reproduction of the Derveni Papyrus Roger T. Macfarlane and Gianluca Del Mastrop

Some textual issues on column III (ed. Piano) 19 Valeria Piano

Daimons in the Derveni Papyrus and in Early Stoicism Carlos Megino Rodríguez

The Orphic Poem of the Derveni Papyrus and Hesiod's Theogony Marco Antonio Santamaría

Parmenides' what-is Chiara Ferella

Misleading and Unclear to the Many: Allegory in the Derveni Papyrus and the Orphic Theogony of Hieronymus Radcliffe G. Edmonds III

The Sage Speaks in Riddles: Notes on Col. VII of the Derveni Papyrus Sofia Ranzato

The Commentary of the Derveni Papyrus: Pre-Socratic Cosmogonies at Work Alberto Bernabé

Rites and Officiants in Col. XX of the Derveni Papyrus Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal

Aphrodite Urania and Uranus Euphronides in the Derveni Papyrus: a Semantic Genealogy Marisa Tortorelli Ghidini

"The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries is devoted to this fascinating and challenging document, discovered in 1962 in a tomb in Derveni, near Thessaloniki, and dated c. 340-320 BCE. It contains a text probably written at the end of 5th c. BCE, which after some reflections on minor divinities and unusual cults, comments upon a poem attributed to Orpheus from an allegorical and philosophical perspective. This volume focuses on the restoration and conservation of the papyrus, the ideas of the anonymous author about Erinyes and daimons, the quoted Orphic poem in comparison with Hesiod's Theogony and Parmenides' poem, the exegetical approach of the commentator, his cosmogonic system, his attitude regarding mystery cults and his peculiar theology"-- Provided by publisher.