Inside Orpheus’ Songs: Orpheus as an Argonaut in Apollonius Rhodius’ <i>Argonautica</i>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Orpheus' role as an Argonaut, at times ritual and prophetic, resembles that of an</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times;...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Duke University
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1471 |
| Summary: | <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Orpheus' role as an Argonaut, at times ritual and prophetic, resembles that of an</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><em>oikistes </em></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">in colonization expeditions, and his songs can be read in the context of Ptolemaic civic foundations.</span> |
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| ISSN: | 0017-3916 2159-3159 |