Wed, March 6, 2013
All Day
448 University Hall
Jan Bremmer
(University of Groningen)
"Orpheus, Orphism and Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries"
In my lecture I will first briefly look at Orpheus, then study Orphism, in particular its place in fifth-century Athens, and I will conclude with an exploration of the origin, development and social location of the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries.
Jan N. Bremmer is Professor Emeritus for the History of Religion at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. This Academic year, he is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.