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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068 Travel, Trade, and Work
067 Hephaistos and Hermes
066 The Athenian Agora
065 The Athenian Acropolis
064 The Protectress of Athens
063 The Lord of the Sea
062 Agricultural Festivals
061 The "Two Goddesses"
060 Hades and the Underworld
059 Olympian Zeus
058 Classical Temples
057 Classical Paintings
056 Classical Sculptures
055 The Dionysian Mysteries
054 Old Comedy and Aristophanes
053 Euripides at War
052 Early Euripides
051 Sophocles
050 Early Tragedy and Aeschylus
049 Theater and the Dionysia
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