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Orphic Literature
Orpheus and an Orphic,
Apulian amphora, 325 BC.
πολλοὶ μὲν ναρθηκοφόροι, παυ̃ροι δέ τε βάκχοι Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few are the bacchoi. Plato, Phaedo 69c
This page is currently under construction. Please check back often, as we have much more to add!
Here are some articles I've written, one on Orphic Reincarnation, one on Orphic Cosmogony, and one on Orphic mythology.
The Orphic Gold Tablets in translation.
Orphic Bone Tablets from Olbia
Translation of the Derveni Papyrus
Fragmented instructions for an unknown Orphic ritual
Section from Plato's Gorgias mentions soma-sema doctrine
Pausanias on the Orphic Hymns
Persephone mentioned in the Orphic literature
A hypothetical, reconstructed Dionysian/Orphic Initiation
Interesting video clip of Orphic Theogony.
A description of Cretan ritual as per Firmicus Maternus
Quote from Athenagoras on Orphic Theogony
Table of 3 Orphic theogonies
Chart of Orphic cosmogony
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