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The Orphic PoemsM. L. West
Indigenous and Ancient Religions
The Orphic Poems
- First published1983
- TraditionIndigenous & Ancient Religions
- Shelf155 books
A philological reconstruction of the history of the theogonic poems attributed to Orpheus, from the earliest versions to the Rhapsodic Theogony known to the Neoplatonists. West proposes a family tree of lost poems and discusses their sources and ideas.


















