Un Libro al giorno numero 4. Jan Bremmer, Initiation into the Mysteries, 2014s
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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 ‘Thin’ Description 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 Virgil’sUnderworld 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