Porphyry, Sacrifice, and the Orderly Cosmos: On the Philosophy to be Derived from Oracles Fr. 314 and 315

Porphyry’s statement from On the Cave of the Nymphs, in which he divides gods and their places of sacrifice into three groups, is familiar to scholars interested in how the Greeks may have categorized the divine world and its workings. But we have overlooked other important statements on these topic...

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Main Author: Johnston, Sarah Iles 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Centre [2010]
In: Kernos
Year: 2010, Volume: 23, Pages: 115-132
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