Paradise Earned The Bacchic-Orphic Gold Lamellae of Crete |
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| Author:
| Tzifopoulos, Yannis |
| Series title: | Hellenic Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-02379-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife. The lamellae are placed within the context of a small corpus of similar texts, and published with extensive commentary on their topography, lettering and engraving, dialect and orthography, meter, chronology, and usage.
This is a study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife. The lamellae are placed within the context of a small corpus of similar texts, and published with extensive commentary on their topography, lettering and engraving, dialect and orthography, meter, chronology, and usage.