The Orphic Poems

according Aeschylus Aither ancient animal Apollo appears associated Athenagoras attributed Bacchic become beginning birth body born called castration century century BC Chronos connection contained Cretan Crete cult Cyclic Damascius Derveni described detail Dionysus divine earlier early earth elements Eudemian Theogony evidence existed father fragment gives gods Greek hand head heaven Hellenistic Hesiod Hieronymus Homer Hymn idea identified important initiation interpretation Kern known Kouretes Kronos later least lines means mentioned mother Musaeus mysteries myth narrative nature Night Oceanus origin Orpheus Orphic Orphic poem parallel passage perhaps period Phanes poem poet probably Protogonos Protogonos Theogony Pythagoras Pythagorean quoted reference represented Rhapsodies Rhea rites ritual round says seems serpent shaman soul story suggests swallowed takes tells Theogony things Titans tradition Uranos verse whole writing Zeus καὶ