Books by Radcliffe Edmonds
Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 2019
Papers by Radcliffe Edmonds
Plato’s Symposium: A Critical Guide, ed. Pierre Destrée & Zina Giannopoulou, Cambridge University Press (2017), pp. 194-215.
On these terms, sec Dowden r980, as well as Edmonds zorj: 2ll-7. z CL Strabo ro.3.9 on the types ... more On these terms, sec Dowden r980, as well as Edmonds zorj: 2ll-7. z CL Strabo ro.3.9 on the types of rites, where the difference between mystic, secret rites and public ones is onlv one of a number of distinctions. 1 As Graf 20~8 suggests.
in Plato & the Power of Images, ed. Radcliffe Edmonds & Pierre Destrée, Brill (2017), pp. 66-87.
in Katábasis in Greek Literary Tradition and Religious Thought, ed. Bonnechere & Cursaru. Les Études Classiques 83 (2015), pp. 261-279.
This immortalisation takes place three times a year. γίγνεται δὲ ὁ ἀπαθανατισμὸς οὗτος τρὶς τοῦ ἐ... more This immortalisation takes place three times a year. γίγνεται δὲ ὁ ἀπαθανατισμὸς οὗτος τρὶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ. 1 Abstract: This article argues that many rituals previously categorised as rites of initiation because they fit the tripartite structure in Gennep's rites of passage should be analysed in terms of another model, that of rites of purification or sanctification. In such rituals, the religious focus is upon the shifts in relationship with the god, rather than upon the change of status on earth or any change of lifestyle afterwards. To the modern sensibility, to become immortal three times a year seems a paradox. 2 Immortality should be a permanent thing if anything is, so becoming immortal should be a once for all time transformation, a departure from the condition of mortality and passage into the permanent state of immortality. The temporary immortality promised by the ritual instructions for the so-called " Mithras Liturgy " challenges our assumptions about the nature of
Classical Antiquity, 1999
Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets, 2000
Further Along the Path, 2011
Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2015
Études platoniciennes, 2014
Le contenu de ce site relève de la législation française sur la propriété intellectuelle et est l... more Le contenu de ce site relève de la législation française sur la propriété intellectuelle et est la propriété exclusive de l'éditeur. Les oeuvres figurant sur ce site peuvent être consultées et reproduites sur un support papier ou numérique sous réserve qu'elles soient strictement réservées à un usage soit personnel, soit scientifique ou pédagogique excluant toute exploitation commerciale. La reproduction devra obligatoirement mentionner l'éditeur, le nom de la revue, l'auteur et la référence du document.
Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets, 2004
Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous, 2013
Further Along the Path, 2000
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