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Professor Radcliffe G.
Edmonds III Associate Professor,
Department of Greek, Latin, & Classical Studies Office: Thomas 245 Current Courses: Fall 2008: Greek 201: Plato and Thucydides Spring 2009: CSTS 212: Magic in the Greco-Roman World |
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Publications and
Projects:
Myths of the Underworld Journey in
Plato, Aristophanes, and the Orphic Gold Tablets: A Path Neither Simple Nor
Single Cambridge University Press
(2004). (abstract)
"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 Cults of Magna Grecia, eds. Patricia Johnston and Giovanni Casadio,
(forthcoming) (abstract)
"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,
ed. Alberto Bernabe (forthcoming). (abstract)
"Whip Scars on the Naked Soul: Myth
and Elenchos in Plato's Gorgias"
in Platonic Myths: Status, Uses, and Functions, (Brill) ed. Collobert, Destree & Gonzalez
(forthcoming). (abstract)
"Persephone and ποινή:
Recompense for the Powers of the Underworld in the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and
Pindar fr. 133," in Graf, Fritz, ed., Ritual Texts for the Afterlife, (forthcoming). (abstract)
"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,
(forthcoming). (abstract)
"Orphic Mythology"
in Blackwell Companion to Classical Mythology (forthcoming). (abstract)
"Sacred Scripture or
Oracles for the Dead? The Semiotic
Situation of the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets," in The Orphic Gold Tablets and
Greek Religion
(forthcoming). (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 ‘Orphic’ Gold
Tablets (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press). (abstract)
Redefining Ancient Orphism (book in preparation). (abstract)