Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: The Start of the Journey
- 2 Roadmaps of Déviance: The ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets
- 3 Descent to the Depths of Comedy: The Frogs of Aristophanes
- 4 The Upward Path of Philosophy: The Myth in Plato's Phaedo
- 5 Conclusions: The End of the Road
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: The Start of the Journey
- 2 Roadmaps of Déviance: The ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets
- 3 Descent to the Depths of Comedy: The Frogs of Aristophanes
- 4 The Upward Path of Philosophy: The Myth in Plato's Phaedo
- 5 Conclusions: The End of the Road
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
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- Myths of the Underworld JourneyPlato, Aristophanes, and the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets, pp. 241 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004