The Orphic Poems

according Aeschylus Aither ancient animal appears ascribed associated assume attributed become beginning birth body born called castration cave century century BC Chronos connection Cretan cult Cyclic Damascius Derveni described detail Dionysus divine earlier early earth elements Eudemian Theogony evidence existed father fifth fragment gives gods Greek hand head heaven Hellenistic Hesiod Hieronyman Theogony Homer Hymn idea identified initiation interpretation Kern king known Kouretes Kronos later light lines means mentioned mother Musaeus mysteries myth nature Night Oceanus oracles origin Orpheus Orphic poem parallel passage perhaps period Phanes Plato poet probably proem Protogonos Protogonos Theogony Pythagoras Pythagorean quoted reference represented Rhapsodies Rhea rites ritual says seems serpent soul Stoic story suggested swallowed takes tells Tethys Theogony things Titans tradition Uranos verse whole wings writing Zeus