The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus: The Invocations used in the Eleusinian Mysteries

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1507756313 ISBN13: 9781507756317 Release Date: October 2015 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Length: 220 Pages Weight: 0.72 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0" The present volume is a verbatim reproduction of Thomas Taylor's 2nd Edition of his Hymns of Orpheus. This 2nd edition (1824) represents Taylor's effort to significantly emend, alter and add to his 1st edition (1787). However, the former, superseded edition has been recirculated both online and in print in previous years, clearly in ignorance that a 2nd edition exists-an edition which in many ways renders the first obsolete.37 years of study and translation work occurred between Taylor's 1st and 2nd editions, during which time he translated the complete works of Plato, the complete works of Aristotle, much of the work of Proclus, Iamblicus and others of the later Platonists, along with several other works of Greek philosophy. Thus the differenc