The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus: The Invocations used in the Eleusinian Mysteries

by Anonymous and Orpheus

Book Overview

The present volume is a verbatim reproduction of Thomas Taylor's 2nd Edition of his Hymns of Orpheus. This 2nd edition (1824) represents Taylor's effort to significantly emend, alter and add to his 1st edition (1787). However, the former, superseded edition has been recirculated both online and in print in previous years, clearly in ignorance that a 2nd edition exists-an edition which in many ways renders the first obsolete.37 years of study and translation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507756313
• ISBN13: 9781507756317
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"