-
refers to "
Orphics". The
Derveni papyrus allows Orphic mythology to be
dated to the end of the 5th
century BC, and it is
probably even older.
Orphic views...
- The
Orphic Hymns are a
collection of eighty-seven
hymns addressed to
various deities, and are
among the few
extant works of
Orphic literature. They were...
- The
Orphic Trilogy is a
series of
three French films written and
directed by Jean Cocteau: The
Blood of a Poet, or Le sang d'un poète, 1930 Orpheus, or...
- The
Orphic Argonautica or
Argonautica Orphica (Gr****: Ὀρφέως Ἀργοναυτικά) is a Gr**** epic poem
dating from the 4th
century CE. It is
narrated in the first...
-
several theogonies of
Orphic literature, in
which she is
often described as the
mother of Ur**** and Gaia. In the
earliest Orphic cosmogonies, she is the...
-
Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night), and the
brother of
Hemera (Day). In
Orphic cosmogony Aether was the
offspring of
Chronos (Time), and the
brother of...
- mythology,
Zagreus (Gr****: Ζαγρεύς) was a god
sometimes identified with an
Orphic Dionysus, a son of Zeus and ****phone, who was
dismembered by the Titans...
- so-called "
Orphic" mysteries. He was
credited with the
composition of a
number of works,
including several theogonies, the
Orphic Hymns, and the
Orphic Argonautica...
- god of the
Orphics, who they
connected to
death and immortality, and he
symbolized the one who
guides the
process of reincarnation. This
Orphic Dionysus...
- she was
frequently represented on sarcophagi. In the
religions of the
Orphics and the Platonists, Kore is
described as the all-pervading
goddess of nature...
