In this episode, we discuss the myths, iconography, and cultic worship of Orpheus and his Mysteries; the Orphic Hymns and the Orphic Theogony; the Orphic Hymn to Melinoe and her connection to the Mysteries, Hekate, and Hermes Psychopompos; the roles of omens, divination, and itinerant seers (including the mythic figures of Tiresias, Mopsus, and Chalcias, as well as historical figures like Lampon); and the roles of oracles (including the myths and cultic worship of Apollo in regard to Delphi, Python, the Pythia, the Sibyl, and Daphne, as well as the archaeological evidence, rituals, and importance of the oracles at Delphi, those in Boeotia, and those in Ionia (ex. Didyma and Claros)
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/09/081-orphism-omens-and-oracles.html
Intro by Bry and Fry of Pontifacts Podcast
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083 Eleatics and Atomists
082 The Leader of the Muses
***Special Guest Episode on Classics and Race/Ethnicity w/Rebecca Futo Kennedy***
***Special Guest Episode on Classics and Misogyny w/Donna Zuckerberg***
***Special Guest Episode on Roman Slavery and Gladiators w/Fiona Radford***
080 Hekate and Magic
079 Old Age, Death, and Burial
078 Healing and Medicine
077 From Childbirth to Adolescence
076 The Goddess of the Young
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075 Pregnancy, Abortion, and Divorce
074 Marriage and Domesticity
073 The Oikos and Private Life
072 The Wrathful Queen
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071 Love, Sex, and Prostitution
070 The Goddess of Seduction
069 Slaves and Foreigners
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