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The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries is devoted to this fascinating and challenging document, discovered in 1962 in a tomb in Derveni, near Thessaloniki, and dated c. 340-320 BCE. It contains a text probably written at the end of 5th c. BCE, which after some reflections on minor divinities and unusual cults, comments upon a poem attributed to Orpheus from an allegorical and philosophical perspective. This volume focuses on the restoration and conservation of the papyrus, the ideas of the anonymous author about Erinyes and daimons, the quoted Orphic poem in comparison with Hesiodâs Theogony and Parmenidesâ poem, the exegetical approach of the commentator, his cosmogonic system, his attitude regarding mystery cults and his peculiar theology.
Marco Antonio SantamarÃa, Ph. D. (2005), University of Salamanca, is Associate Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Salamanca. He has published articles and books chapters on Orphic texts, Greek cosmogonies and afterlife conceptions.
"Overall, this book is well-conceived and nicely edited (...). It certainly represents a step forward in the challenging task of unearthing the many mysteries that surround the Derveni Papyrus." - Matthieu Réal, in: BMCR 2019.10.40
''In sum, the volume is a welcome addition to the lively scholarship on the Derveni papyrus. SantamarÃa can be congratulated for bringing together a set of diverse viewpoints on several of the mysteries that the Derveni papyrus offers.'' - Mirjam E. Kotwick, in: The Classical review 70.2: 320-323 (2020)
"La importancia del volumen radica tanto en lo que se plantea en cada contribución como en las cuestiones que éstas suscitan en el contexto de la investigación sobre el papiro y, además, sobre la religión, el pensamiento, los mitos, los cultos mistéricos, la naturaleza de los practicantes, etc. Es evidente que se trata de un documento que, empezando por las dificultades textuales, plantea problemas que admiten soluciones variadas y lógicamente discordantes." - Emilio Suarez, in: Antiguëdad: Religiones y Sociedades vol.18 (2020)
''In sum, the volume is a welcome addition to the lively scholarship on the Derveni papyrus. SantamarÃa can be congratulated for bringing together a set of diverse viewpoints on several of the mysteries that the Derveni papyrus offers.'' - Mirjam E. Kotwick, in: The Classical review 70.2: 320-323 (2020)
"La importancia del volumen radica tanto en lo que se plantea en cada contribución como en las cuestiones que éstas suscitan en el contexto de la investigación sobre el papiro y, además, sobre la religión, el pensamiento, los mitos, los cultos mistéricos, la naturaleza de los practicantes, etc. Es evidente que se trata de un documento que, empezando por las dificultades textuales, plantea problemas que admiten soluciones variadas y lógicamente discordantes." - Emilio Suarez, in: Antiguëdad: Religiones y Sociedades vol.18 (2020)
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
âMarco Antonio SantamarÃa
1 Problems Pertaining to the Restoration, Conservation, and Reproduction of the Derveni Papyrus
âRoger T. Macfarlane and Gianluca Del Mastro
2 Some Textual Issues on Column III (ed. Piano)
âValeria Piano
3 Daimons in the Derveni Papyrus and in Early Stoicism
âCarlos Megino RodrÃguez
4 The Orphic Poem of the Derveni Papyrus and Hesiodâs Theogony
âMarco Antonio SantamarÃa
5 ÎÎµá½ºÏ Î¼Î¿á¿¦Î½Î¿Ï and Parmenidesâ What-is
âChiara Ferella
6 Misleading and Unclear to the Many: Allegory in the Derveni Papyrus and the Orphic Theogony of Hieronymus
âRadcliffe G. Edmonds III
7 The Sage Speaks in Riddles: Notes on Col. VII of the Derveni Papyrus
âSofia Ranzato
8 The Commentary of the Derveni Papyrus: Pre-Socratic Cosmogonies at Work
âAlberto Bernabé
9 Rites and Officiants in Col. XX of the Derveni Papyrus
âAna Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
10 Aphrodite Urania and Uranus Euphronides in the Derveni Papyrus: A Semantic Genealogy
âMarisa Tortorelli Ghidini
Bibliography of the Derveni Papyrus (1997â2018)
Index Locorum
â1âDerveni Papyrus
â2âOther Authors
Index Nominum et Rerum Notabiliorum
Index Verborum Graecorum
Abbreviations
Introduction
âMarco Antonio SantamarÃa
Part 1: Conservation and Restoration
1 Problems Pertaining to the Restoration, Conservation, and Reproduction of the Derveni Papyrus
âRoger T. Macfarlane and Gianluca Del Mastro
Part 2: Reconstruction and Interpretation of the First Six Columns
2 Some Textual Issues on Column III (ed. Piano)
âValeria Piano
3 Daimons in the Derveni Papyrus and in Early Stoicism
âCarlos Megino RodrÃguez
Part 3: The Orphic Poem
4 The Orphic Poem of the Derveni Papyrus and Hesiodâs Theogony
âMarco Antonio SantamarÃa
5 ÎÎµá½ºÏ Î¼Î¿á¿¦Î½Î¿Ï and Parmenidesâ What-is
âChiara Ferella
Part 4: The Interpretation of the Poem: Exegesis and Cosmogony
6 Misleading and Unclear to the Many: Allegory in the Derveni Papyrus and the Orphic Theogony of Hieronymus
âRadcliffe G. Edmonds III
7 The Sage Speaks in Riddles: Notes on Col. VII of the Derveni Papyrus
âSofia Ranzato
8 The Commentary of the Derveni Papyrus: Pre-Socratic Cosmogonies at Work
âAlberto Bernabé
Part 5: The Last Columns
9 Rites and Officiants in Col. XX of the Derveni Papyrus
âAna Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
10 Aphrodite Urania and Uranus Euphronides in the Derveni Papyrus: A Semantic Genealogy
âMarisa Tortorelli Ghidini
Bibliography of the Derveni Papyrus (1997â2018)
Index Locorum
â1âDerveni Papyrus
â2âOther Authors
Index Nominum et Rerum Notabiliorum
Index Verborum Graecorum
Anyone interested in Greek religious poetry, mystery cults, philosophy in the times of Socrates (with physical, linguistic and ethical concerns) and papyrology.