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Myths of the Underworld Journey in Plato, Aristophanes, and the "Orphic" Gold Tablets
by Edmonds, Radcliffe G., III, Edmonds, Radcliffe G.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521834346
- ISBN: 0521834341
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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For Plato, Aristophanes & the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets, myth is an agonistic discourse, neither sacred dogma nor literary diversion, but a flexible tool that serves a wide variety of uses. Edmonds examines the use of the tale of a journey to the underworld to illustrate his argument.Edmonds, Radcliffe G., III is the author of 'Myths of the Underworld Journey in Plato, Aristophanes, and the "Orphic" Gold Tablets' with ISBN 9780521834346 and ISBN 0521834341.
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