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Redefining Ancient Orphism
This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary …
Myths of the Underworld Journey
Plato, Aristophanes, and the creators of the ‘Orphic’ gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the …
Drawing Down the Moon
An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic …
Imagining Europe
Imagining Europe: Essays on the Past, Present and Future of the European Union examines the EU from a variety of perspectives. The collection begins with the expectation that, …