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Professor Radcliffe G.
Edmonds III Associate Professor
& Chair, Department of Greek,
Latin, & Classical Studies Office: Thomas 245
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Current Courses:
Fall 2012:
Spring 2013:
CSTS 212 Magic
in the Ancient Greco-Roman World
Publications
and Projects:
Books:
Myths of
the Underworld Journey in Plato, Aristophanes, and the Orphic Gold Tablets: A
Path Neither Simple Nor Single Cambridge
University Press (2004). (abstract)
The
Orphic Gold Tablets and Greek Religion: Further Along the Path, editor and contributing article and introduction
for a collection of new and previously published articles on the ÔOrphicÕ Gold Tablets Cambridge University Press
(2011). (abstract)
Redefining Ancient Orphism: A Study in Greek
Religion (book forthcoming from Cambridge University Press). (abstract)
Drawing
Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World (book in preparation, under contract at Princeton
University Press) (abstract)
Articles:
"Tearing Apart the Zagreus Myth: A Few
Disparaging Remarks on Orphism and Original Sin," Classical Antiquity 18.1 (1999), pp. 35-73. (abstract) (article)
"Socrates the Beautiful: Role Reversal and
Midwifery in Plato's Symposium,"
Transactions of the American Philological
Association 130 (2000), pp. 261-285. (abstract) (article)
"Did the Mithraists Inhale? - A Technique for
Theurgic Ascent in the Mithras Liturgy, the Chaldaean Oracles, and some
Mithraic Frescoes," Ancient World
32.1 (2000), pp. 10-24. (abstract) (article)
"Who in Hell is Heracles? Dionysos'
Disastrous Disguise in Aristophanes' Frogs,"
in Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals
and Narratives: New Critical Perspectives, eds. Dodds & Faraone, Routledge
2003, pp. 181-200. (abstract) (article)
"At the Seizure of the Moon: The Absence of
the Moon in the Mithras Liturgy," in Prayer,
Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World , eds. Noegel,
Walker, & Brannon, Penn State University Press, 2003, pp. 223-239. (abstract) (article)
"Faces of the Moon: Cosmology, Genesis, and
the Mithras Liturgy," in Heavenly
Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions, eds. Ra'anan S.
Boustan & Annette Yoshiko Reed, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp.
275-295. (abstract)
(article)
"To Sit in Solemn Silence? Thronosis in
Ritual, Myth, and Iconography," American
Journal of Philology 127 (2006), pp. 347-366. (abstract) (article)
"Extra-ordinary People: Mystai and Magoi,
Magicians and Orphics in the Derveni Papyrus," Classical Philology 103 (2008), pp. 16-39. (abstract)
(article)
"Recycling Laertes' Shroud: More on Orphism
and Original Sin" (article
published online at the Center for Hellenic Studies) (abstract)
"Who are you? Mythic Narrative and Identity
in the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets," in Mystic
Cults in Magna Grecia, ed. Patricia
Johnston & Giovanni Casadio, University of Texas Press (2009), pp. 73-94. (abstract) (article)
"A Curious Concoction: Tradition and Innovation in
Olympiodorus' Creation of Mankind" American
Journal of Philology 130 (2009), pp. 511–532. (abstract) (article)
"The Children of Earth and Starry
Heaven: The Meaning and Function of
the Formula in the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets," in Orfeo y el orfismo: nuevas perspectivas, Alberto BernabŽ, Francesc
Casadesœs y Marco Antonio Santamar’a (eds.), Alicante : Biblioteca Virtual
Miguel de Cervantes (2010), pp. 98-121. (abstract) (article)
"The Bright Cypress of the 'Orphic' Gold
Tablets: Direction and Illumination in Myths of the Underworld," in Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek &
Roman Mythology and Religion. Lexington Books (2010), pp. 221-234. (abstract)
"Orphic Mythology" in Blackwell Companion to Classical Mythology
(2010), pp. . (abstract)
"Blaming the Witch: Some Reflections upon Unexpected
Death," in Women and Gender in
Ancient Religions: Interdisciplinary Approaches, ed. S. Ahearne-Kroll & J.
Kelhoffer. TŸbingen: Mohr Siebeck
(2010), pp. . (abstract)
Entries for ÒUnderworldÓ, ÒAfterlifeÓ, ÒStyxÓ and
ÒNecromancyÓ in The Homer Encyclopedia,
ed. Margalit Finkelberg Wiley-Blackwell (2010).
ÒWho are you? A brief history of the scholarshipÓ
in The Orphic Gold Tablets and Greek
Religion, Cambridge (2011), pp. 3-14.
ÒTexts and TranslationsÓ in The Orphic Gold Tablets and Greek Religion, Cambridge (2011), pp.
15-50.
"Sacred Scripture or Oracles for the
Dead? The Semiotic Situation of the
'Orphic' Gold Tablets," in The
Orphic Gold Tablets and Greek Religion. Cambridge (2011), pp. 257-270. (abstract)
ÒFestivals in the Afterlife: A New Reading of the Petelia Tablet (OF
476.11)Ó in Tracing Orpheus. Studies of Orphic Fragments. Herrero de J‡uregui, M., JimŽnez
San Crist—bal, A., Luj‡n Mart’nez, E., Hern‡ndez, R., Santamar’a çlvarez, M.,
& Torallas Tovar, S. (2011), pp. 185-188.
ÒWhip Scars on the Naked Soul: Myth and Elenchos
in Plato's GorgiasÓ in Platonic Myths: Status, Uses, and Functions,
ed. Collobert, DestrŽe & Gonzalez, Brill (2012), pp. 165-186. (abstract)
ÒMagic
in the Ancient Greco-Roman World.Ó In Oxford Bibliographies Online:
Classics. Ed. Dee Clayman. New York: Oxford University Press.
ÒThe Ephesia
Grammata: Logos Orphaikos or Apolline Alexima pharmaka?Ó in The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and
Mysteries in Ancient Selinous,
ed. Christopher Faraone & Dirk Obbink (forthcoming Oxford University
Press).
ÒPersephone and ¹οινή: Recompense for the Powers of the Underworld in
the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Pindar fr. 133,Ó in Graf, Fritz, ed., Ritual Texts for the Afterlife,
(forthcoming). (abstract)
ÒBewitched,
Bothered, and Bewildered: Erotic Magic in the Greco-Roman WorldÓ in Blackwell Companion to Greek and Roman
Sexualities, ed. T. Hubbard. (forthcoming)
ÒDionysos in Egypt? Epaphian Dionysos in the
Orphic HymnsÓ Redefinir Dioniso / Redefining Dionysus (forthcoming de
Gruyter)
ÒImagining the Afterlife in Greek ReligionÓ
in Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek
Religion, eds. Eidinow, Esther & Julia Kindt, (in preparation Oxford
University Press).
Associate Editor: Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Editorial Board: Religion
Compass Graeco-Roman Religions