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Forgetfulness in the Golden Tablets of Memory

1984; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0009838800029323

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Richard Janko,

Historical and Religious Studies of Rome

With the publication in 1974 of an inscribed ‘Orphic’ gold leaf from Hipponium (Vibo Valentia) in Southern Italy, and that in 1977 of another, now at Malibu, California, we have a relatively extensive series of gold leaves from graves bearing brief instructions concerning the afterlife. Whether these are Orphic, Pythagorean or whatever, will not be in question here; but the relation between the different texts constitutes a problem interesting in itself, whose dispassionate exploration may also contribute to the eventual understanding of the religious background.