The Derveni Papyrus
The Derveni Papyrus
Gábor Betegh presents the first systematic reconstruction and examination of the Derveni papyrus and analyzes its role in the intellectual milieu of its age. Found in 1962 near Thessaloniki among the remains of a funeral pyre, it is one of the earliest surviving Greek papyri and is a document of primary importance for understanding religious and philosophical developments of the time of Socrates. The book will appeal strongly to classicists, philosophers and historians of religion.
- This is a comprehensive and systematic study of the Derveni Papyrus
- Provides a critical edition and translation of the text of the Papyrus
- Discusses the relationship between philosophy and religion in the fifth and fourth centuries BC
Reviews & endorsements
"With valuable indexes and bibliography, Betegh's study is the definitive account of DP currently available. Essential."
-Choice
"Betegh has made a major contribution to understanding both the thought of the Derveni author and the Orphic poem which [the Derveni author] interprets; his reconstruction of the Orphic theogony and of the author's physical system should command wide assent."
-Richard Janko, University of Michigan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"The author, his editor, Cambridge University Press, and all involved in the production of this book are to be commended."
-Thomas M. Banchich, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, The Classical Review
Product details
March 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511207334
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Text and translation
- 1. The find
- 2. The first columns
- 3. The reconstruction of the poem
- 4. The interpretation of the poem
- 5. The cosmic god
- 6. Cosmology
- 7. Anaxagoras
- 8. Diogenes of Apollonia and Archelaus of Athens
- 9. Physics and eschatology: Heraclitus and the gold plates
- 10. Understanding Orpheus, understanding the world
- Appendix: Diagoras and the Derveni author
- Bibliography
- Index verborum
- Index of passages
- Index of modern names
- Index of subjects.
