„This is a book about Greek mystery cults in Thrace, about religious influence and political ideas that were in fashion since the time when Greeks and Thracians were in contact. In the structure of the study three mysteries are discussed: the cult of the Great Gods of Samothrace, as we know about it from an inscription found in Seuthopolis (in Thrace). the Eleusinian cult of Demeter and Persephone and the mysterious cult of Orpheus, the so-called Orphism, that was believed to originate in Thrace (the Thracian Orphism)...“

Table of contents /summary/

Introduction

1. The Great Gods in Seuthopolis

1.1. Seuthopolis

1.2. The Palace-Temple (?)

1.3. The Samothracian Great Gods

1.4. The Pelasgoi on Samothrace (?)

1.5. Hermes of the Thracians (?)

1.6. The Macedonians and the Sanctuary on Samothrace

1.7. The Great Gods in West Pontic Cities

1.8. The Great God of Odessos

1.9. Epimenes in Kabyle (?)

1.10. The Great Gods in Thrace

2. The Eleusinian Mysteries in the Tomb near Kazanluk? (the Mural Paintings in the Burial Chamber)

2.1. The Main Scene: Interpretations

2.2. The Banquet

2.3. The Heroization

2.4. The Eleusinian Enigma

2.5. The Return of the King

2.6. Eumolpos and (in) Thrace?

3. Orpheus in Thrace? (or about the Thracian Orphism)

3.1. The Visible Image

3.2. Orpheus as a Mythical Image

3.3. Verses in Gold

3.4. Soul, Body and Death

3.5. Thracian Orphism of the Greeks?

Conclusion

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Summary

Illustrations

Елински мистерии в Тракия. Опит за археологически прочит

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