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Jan Bremmer, Initiation into the Mysteries of Ancient Word,

De Gruyter, Berlin, 2014

 

Un'untroduzione solida e essenziale di un grande maestro.

 

Contents

 

I Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries: A ThinDescription 1

1 Qualifications and preparations for initiation 2

2 The myêsis 5

3 The epopteia 11

4 The aftermath 16

 

II Mysteries at the Interface of Greece and Anatolia:

Samothracian Gods, Kabeiroi and Korybantes 21

1 The Mysteries of Samothrace 22

2 The Kabeiroi 37

3 The Korybantes 48

4 Conclusion 54

 

III Orpheus, Orphism and Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries 55

1 Orpheus 56

2 Orphism 58

3 The Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries 70

4 Conclusions 79

 

IV Greek Mysteries in Roman Times 81

1 Local Greek Mysteries 82

2 The Dionysiac Mysteries 100

 

V The Mysteries of Isis and Mithras 110

1 Isis 110

2 Mithras 125

3 Conclusions 138

 

VI Did the Mysteries Influence Early Christianity? 142

1 The Mysteries around 1900 and during the Enlightenment 143

2 The Mysteries in the post-Reformation era 145

3 The Mysteries and emerging Christianity 147

4 Thepagan Mysteries intheearlierempire154

5 Christian reactions topaganMysteries156

6 Christian appropriation oftheMysteries inLate Antiquity161

7 Conclusions 164 

 

Appendix1:DemeterandEleusisinMegara 166

1 ThetemplesofDemeter166

2 TheThesmophoria170

3 DemeterMalophoros 177

4 Conclusion 179 

 

Appendix2:TheGoldenBough:Orphic,EleusinianandHellenistic-Jewish Sources of VirgilsUnderworld in Aeneid VI 180

1 Thearea between theupper worldandtheAcheron(268-416)

2 BetweentheAcheronandTartarus/Elysium(417–547)

3 Tartarus (548–627)

 4 ThePalace andtheBough(628–636)

 5 Elysium(637–678)

6 AnchisesandtheHeldenschau (679–887)

7 Conclusions20