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Professor Radcliffe G.
Edmonds III Associate
Professor, Department of Greek, Latin, & Classical Studies Office:
Thomas 245 Current
Courses: Fall
2009: CSTS 375/675 Interpreting Mythology Spring
2010: CSTS 209:
Eros in Ancient Greek Culture Greek 639:
Greek Orators: Classical Athens |
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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)
"A
Curious Concoction: Tradition and
Innovation in Olympiodorus' Creation of Mankind" (forthcoming American Journal
of Philology). (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)