Journal | Axon
Journal issue | 2 | 1 | 2018
Research Article | Orphic Lamina from Hipponion
Orphic Lamina from Hipponion
- Rachele Cera - studioso indipendente - email
The lamina of Ipponio (the modern city of Vibo Valentia) was found in 1969 in a necropolis located in the lower part of the city; it is supposed to be dated between the 5th and the 4th centuries BC. The inscription is made on a sheet of gold, which was found folded four times, probably to avoid prying eyes from reading the sacred text contained in it. The document presents a progressive from left to right writing and consists of sixteen verses. The content is about the Orphic-Pythagorean initiation, focused on the instructions on the after-death journey to the Underworld for the deceased. The main guide that is revealed from the very first verse is the female deity Mnemosine, mother of the Muses, which plays a purely saving function because the initiates can find salvation exclusively by quenching their thirst at her fount. The text provides instructions to explore the Underworld, in order to help the initiate to liberate himself from the cycle of reincarnations, which is the doom of those people who had not been introduced into the Orphic-Pythagorean mysteries.
Submitted: March 5, 2017 | Accepted: April 28, 2018 | Published: June 29, 2018 | Language: it
Keywords Iniziazione orfico-pitagorica Mnemosine Lamina Necropoli Oltretomba Misteri Salvezza Ipponio Muse
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ECF_article_1422 |
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dc.title |
Orphic Lamina from Hipponion |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cera Rachele |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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dc.type |
Research Article |
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dc.language.iso |
it |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/axon/2018/1/lamina-orfica-da-ipponio/ |
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dc.description.abstract |
The lamina of Ipponio (the modern city of Vibo Valentia) was found in 1969 in a necropolis located in the lower part of the city; it is supposed to be dated between the 5th and the 4th centuries BC. The inscription is made on a sheet of gold, which was found folded four times, probably to avoid prying eyes from reading the sacred text contained in it. The document presents a progressive from left to right writing and consists of sixteen verses. The content is about the Orphic-Pythagorean initiation, focused on the instructions on the after-death journey to the Underworld for the deceased. The main guide that is revealed from the very first verse is the female deity Mnemosine, mother of the Muses, which plays a purely saving function because the initiates can find salvation exclusively by quenching their thirst at her fount. The text provides instructions to explore the Underworld, in order to help the initiate to liberate himself from the cycle of reincarnations, which is the doom of those people who had not been introduced into the Orphic-Pythagorean mysteries. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Axon |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Vol. 2 | June 2018 |
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dc.issued |
2018-06-29 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2018-04-28 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2017-03-05 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2532-6848 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2018/01/009 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Iniziazione orfico-pitagorica |
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dc.subject |
Iniziazione orfico-pitagorica |
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dc.subject |
Ipponio |
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dc.subject |
Ipponio |
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dc.subject |
Lamina |
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dc.subject |
Lamina |
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dc.subject |
Misteri |
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dc.subject |
Misteri |
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dc.subject |
Mnemosine |
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dc.subject |
Mnemosine |
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dc.subject |
Muse |
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dc.subject |
Muse |
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dc.subject |
Necropoli |
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dc.subject |
Necropoli |
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dc.subject |
Oltretomba |
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dc.subject |
Oltretomba |
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dc.subject |
Salvezza |
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dc.subject |
Salvezza |
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