Classical Mythology

ORPHEUS AND ORPHISM: MYSTERY RELIGIONS IN ROMAN TIMES 359 Orpheus and Eurydice, by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). Scenic model, 1948 ...

360 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS and behavior. Variations and inconsistencies in the tradition make it difficult to know this ...

ORPHEUS AND ORPHISM: MYSTERY RELIGIONS IN ROMAN TIMES^361 and mysteries are by their very nature Dionysiac. Other elements in th ...

362 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS whose doctrine was communicated in sacred writings attributed to him and be- lieved to be mu ...

ORPHEUS AND ORPHISM: MYSTERY RELIGIONS IN ROMAN TIMES 363 ning and middle and end of all things. Eventually Zeus mated with Kore ...

364 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS neath St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican and the fourth-century vault mosaics in the church ...

ORPHEUS AND ORPHISM: MYSTERY RELIGIONS IN ROMAN TIMES 365 tic of Attis/' are the words of one hymn. Like the Eleusinian mysterie ...

366 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Her attributes included a musical instrument (the sistrum, a kind of rattle), a breast-shape ...

ORPHEUS AND ORPHISM: MYSTERY RELIGIONS IN ROMAN TIMES 367 rience) was initiated three times into the mysteries of Isis and Serap ...

368 THE MYTHS OF CREATION: THE GODS Meyer, Marvin W., ed. Sacred Texts of the Mystery Religions: A Sourcebook. Philadelphia: Uni ...

ORPHEUS AND ORPHISM: MYSTERY RELIGIONS IN ROMAN TIMES 369 like motifs common to folktale: conjugal devotion, the journey to Hade ...

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PART TWO The Greek Sagas GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS ...

INTRODUCTION Universal themes are persistent in the myths of Greek gods, who present arche- typal images of fundamental human tr ...

INTRODUCTION 373 characterization of heroes in all periods of mythological creation. The quests of Perseus, Odysseus, and Aeneas ...

374 THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS The richest of these cities, Mycenae, gave its name to the period, and it was the king ...

CHAPTER 17 THE THEBAN SAGA THE FOUNDING OF THEBES The historical Thebes was the leading city of Boeotia, the plainland area of c ...

376 THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS The Rape ofEuropa. Limestone metope from Selinus, ca. 540 B.c.; height 58 in. Europa ri ...

THE THEBAN SAGA 377 Agenor's daughter [Europa] wondered at the bull's beauty, amazed that he did not threaten to attack, yet, ge ...

(^378) THE GREEK SAGAS: GREEK LOCAL LEGENDS CADMUS, FOUNDER OF THEBES Meanwhile Cadmus, Europa's brother, set out to find her an ...