Las fuentes de Clem. Alex., Protr. II 12-22: un tratado sobre los misterios y una teogonía órfica
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https://doi.org/10.3989/emerita.2007.v75.i1.31Keywords:
Clement of Alexandria, mysteries, Orphism, Gurob PapyrusAbstract
The accusations against Greek mysteries made by Clement of Alexandria in Protr. II 12-22 are a main source for our knowledge of ancient mystery cults, specially those of Dionysus and Demeter. The mistaken assumption that Clement knew them through his own experience has hitherto prevented a thorough study of his bookish sources: a treatise on mysteries which is itself based on an Orphic poem. This paper aims to establish the mythographical and ritual contents of the treatise and the poem; it fixes their approximate origin and date of composition; and it examines the relations of Clement’s text with other evidence from Hellenistic Age and Late Antiquity.
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