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    Derveni The Derveni papyrus is an ancient Greek papyrus roll that was found in 1962. It is a philosophical treatise that is an allegorical commentary...
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    graffiti of the 5th century BC apparently refers to "Orphics". The Derveni papyrus allows Orphic mythology to be dated to the end of the 5th century BC...
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  • Chani Derveni, a place located near Megara, Attica Derveni Krater, found at Derveni, Thessaloniki, near ancient Lete, Macedon Derveni papyrus, found...
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    Titans. In the Derveni Theogony (4th century BC), an Orphic poem known through the commentary on the work found in the Derveni papyrus, Night appears...
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    The oldest of these theogonies, the Derveni Theogony, is a text which is extensively quoted in the Derveni papyrus (fourth century BC). One of these quotes...
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    understanding the Ancient Greek religion since the discovery of the Derveni papyrus, an Orphic poem which contains two fragments of Heraclitus. It is unknown...
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    including the Derveni papyrus and Derveni krater. The Derveni location at wikimapia Betegh, Gábor (19 November 2007). The Derveni Papyrus: Cosmology, Theology...
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    with the rewards and punishments attached thereto." The Derveni papyrus, found in Derveni, Macedonia (Greece) in 1962, contains a philosophical treatise...
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    Neoplatonist philosophers and recently unearthed papyrus scraps. One of these scraps, the Derveni Papyrus now proves that at least in the fifth-century BC...
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    and Kronos is compared to the Derveni papyrus (discovered in 1962), Plethon appears less the heretic. The Derveni Papyrus recounts an Orphic cosmology...
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