Studies on the Derveni Papyrus

Studies on the Derveni Papyrus  (2001 - reprint)\r......Page 1
ISBN: 0198150326......Page 5
--> Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
I. TRANSLATION......Page 16
1 - A Provisional Translation of the Derveni Papyrus......Page 18
II. GENERAL ESSAYS......Page 32
1 - The Derveni Papyrus......Page 34
2 - Cosmology as Initiation vs. the Critique of Orphic Mysteries......Page 48
3 - Was Euthyphro the Author of the Derveni Papyrus?......Page 64
Euthyphro and Orphic Lore......Page 65
Parallels between Euthyphro and the Derveni Author......Page 69
4 - Figures of Sexuality and Initiatory Transition in the Derveni Theogony and its Commentary......Page 74
1. The Reign of the Primordial Entities and their Separation......Page 75
2. The Reign of Zeus and of Love......Page 79
3. From Distinction to Union......Page 81
4. Initiatory and Mystic Transition......Page 83
5. The Voice of the Commentary......Page 84
6. The Didactic Function......Page 86
5 - Hocus-Pocus in East and West: Theogony, Ritual, and the Tradition of Esoteric Commentary......Page 90
III. SPECIFIC COLUMNS......Page 100
6 - The First Columns of the Derveni Papyrus and their Religious Significance......Page 102
7 - Heraclitus in the Derveni Papyrus......Page 138
8 - Chronos in Column XII of the Derveni Papyrus......Page 158
Context......Page 159
Philological Notes......Page 161
(a) The Evidence from Pherecydes......Page 168
(b) Pindar\'s account......Page 170
9 - Star Wars or One Stable World? A Problem of Presocratic Cosmogony (PDerv. Col. XXV)......Page 176
Bibliography of the Derveni Papyrus......Page 184
Index of Passages in the Derveni Papyrus......Page 196
Index of Passages in Other Ancient Authors......Page 200
Index of Names and Subjects......Page 211
Index of Greek Words......Page 213