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Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198148542 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; A large number of Greek religious poems in hexameter were attributed to Orpheus, as they were to similar miracle-man figures like Bakis, Musaeus, Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, and the Sybil. Of this vast literature, only two examples survive whole: a set of hymns composed at some point in the 2nd or 3rd century AD, and an Orphic Argonautica composed somewhere between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. Earlier Orphic literature, which may date back as far as the 6th century BC, survives only in papyrus scraps or in quotations by later authors. ; 296 pages; Sandpiper reprint of 1983 Edition. .
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- Title The Orphic Poems
- Author M. L. West
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
- Date 1998
- ISBN 9780198148548 / 0198148542
- Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.75 x 5.69 x 0.88 in (22.23 x 14.45 x 2.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Greek poetry - History and criticism, Orpheus (Greek mythology)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 83004127
- Dewey Decimal Code 881.010
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THE ORPHIC POEMS
by West, M. L.
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- 9780198148548 / 0198148542
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Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0198148542 . Foxing to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ spine a bit sunned. ; A large number of Greek religious poems in hexameter were attributed to Orpheus, as they were to similar miracle-man figures like Bakis, Musaeus, Abaris, Aristeas, Epimenides, and the Sybil. Of this vast literature, only two examples survive whole: a set of hymns composed at some point in the 2nd or 3rd century AD, and an Orphic Argonautica composed somewhere between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. Earlier Orphic literature, which may date back as far as the 6th century BC, survives only in papyrus scraps or in quotations by later authors. ; 296 pages .
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