ORPHIC CRITICAL TESTIMONY 253

OTTO KERN

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APPENDIX DE ORPHEO IN POESI CELEBRATO (APPENDIX ON ORPHEUS AS CELEBRATED IN POETRY)

TRAGOEDIAE. (TRAGEDIES)

SUMMARY: This testimony lists two tragedies about Orpheus: the Bassarides of Aeschylus and the Orpheus of Aristias.

ORPHIC CRITICAL TESTIMONY 253

The second play, Vassarídæs (Βασσαρίδες), of the Lykouryeia (Λυκούργεια), a (lost) tetralogy of Aiskhýlos (Αἰσχύλος), whose subject dealt with the death of Orpheus. See Orphic Critical Testimony 45.

Ὀρφεύς Ἀριστίου (The Orpheus of Aristías) (Poll. IX 43) Johann August Nauck Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta2 p. 727 fr. 5.


The story of the birth of the Gods: Orphic Theogony.

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Dictionary of terms related to ancient Greek mythology: Glossary of Hellenic Mythology.

Introduction to the Thæí (the Gods): The Nature of the Gods.

How do we know there are Gods? Experiencing Gods.