An "Orphic-Dionysiac" Gold Epistomion from Sfakaki near Rethymno
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11520569 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irini Gavrilaki (corresponding author), Yannis Z Tzifopoulos |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 343-355 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-4217 • E-ISSN: 2241-0104 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/bch.1998.7175 |
| OpenAlex | W2087254295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Editio pnnceps of the inscription on a gold epistomion that was found in a Roman cemetery in Sfakaki-Rethymnon. The new text is studied in relation to the eleven gold lamellae inscribed with a few words, which represent a group within the Orphic-Dionysiac lamellae, and whose brief narrative form may have been conditioned by rules of secrecy. In the series of the Orphic-Dionysiac lamellae, it is only the second text — the other one is also from Crete — in which both Pluton and Persephone are addressed. Pluton's presence is not a conflation of 'Orphic' beliefs with some local cult in Eleutherna, but with a general tradition, as the narrative scenes on the Apulian krater, now in Toledo, suggest, and it may indicate a next stage in the initiate's Underworld journey. The provenance of the epistomion indicates that during the late Hellenistic and Roman periods an "Orphic- Dionysiac" cult existed in the wider area of Eleutherna, to the north of Mt. Ida, in which the other seven Cretan lamellae were also found
Ancient history · Art · Cult · Inscribed figure · Literature · Narrative · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |