{"product_id":"poetry-as-initiation-ioanna-papadopoulou-9780674726765","title":"Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Derveni Papyrus is the oldest known European \"book.\" It was meant to accompany the cremated body in Derveni Tomb A but, by a stroke of luck, did not burn completely. Considered the most important discovery for Greek philology in the twentieth century, the papyrus was found accidentally in 1962 during a public works project in an uninhabited place about 10 km from Thessaloniki, and it is now preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe papers in \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Initiation\u003c\/i\u003e discuss a number of open questions: Who was the author of the papyrus? What is the date of the text? What is the significance of burying a book with a corpse? What was the context of the peculiar chthonic ritual described in the text? Who were its performers? What is the relationship of the author and the ritual to the so-called Orphic texts?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ioanna Papadopoulou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674726766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674726765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Ioanna Papadopoulou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992271552767,"sku":"9780674726765","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e777f1b8-5558-4e8c-9e66-11218abe4167.jpg?v=1683315077","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poetry-as-initiation-ioanna-papadopoulou-9780674726765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}