There’s Life After Death, An Attempt to Understand the Orphic Tradition
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Orphic Tradition
The orphic tradition, though mysterious as fuck, we know spanned all over and probably at least about a thousand years. The oldest surviving piece of orphic anything is called the derveni papyrus from the fourth century b c. And was discovered in the remains of a funeral pyre - something kind of cool enough in itself. But add to that that it is also the oldest surviving pieces of Papyrus from greece... you've got a very exciting little document. What's written on it are some of the earliest surviving fragments of Orphic poetry. Maybe there are also theories that the underworld and maybe even dionysus connections aren't absolute,. That maybe
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