Olaf Almqvist is a Lecturer in Greek and Classical Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Almqvist’s book is a fascinating read warmly to be welcomed. Constantly enlightening and thought-provoking, it is interspersed with intertextual parallels, analytic commentaries treated with intellectual vividness, close attention to detail and due caution to the pitfalls of the intra-/intertextual contextualisation and textual criticism.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction: Myth, Philosophy, and Ontological Pluralism 2. Cosmos and Chaos in Hesiod’s Theogony 3. Beyond the Golden Age: Sacrifice, Sharing, and Affinity in Hesiod’s Mekone 4. Orpheus and the Reinvention of the Cosmos 5. Dionysus Dismembered 6. Conclusion: Protagoras and Greek Naturalism Appendix: Some Key Orphic Texts NotesBibliographyIndex

Olaf Almqvist is a Lecturer in Greek and Classical Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Almqvist’s book is a fascinating read warmly to be welcomed. Constantly enlightening and thought-provoking, it is interspersed with intertextual parallels, analytic commentaries treated with intellectual vividness, close attention to detail and due caution to the pitfalls of the intra-/intertextual contextualisation and textual criticism.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction: Myth, Philosophy, and Ontological Pluralism 2. Cosmos and Chaos in Hesiod’s Theogony 3. Beyond the Golden Age: Sacrifice, Sharing, and Affinity in Hesiod’s Mekone 4. Orpheus and the Reinvention of the Cosmos 5. Dionysus Dismembered 6. Conclusion: Protagoras and Greek Naturalism Appendix: Some Key Orphic Texts NotesBibliographyIndex

Olaf Almqvist is a Lecturer in Greek and Classical Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Almqvist’s book is a fascinating read warmly to be welcomed. Constantly enlightening and thought-provoking, it is interspersed with intertextual parallels, analytic commentaries treated with intellectual vividness, close attention to detail and due caution to the pitfalls of the intra-/intertextual contextualisation and textual criticism.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. Introduction: Myth, Philosophy, and Ontological Pluralism 2. Cosmos and Chaos in Hesiod’s Theogony 3. Beyond the Golden Age: Sacrifice, Sharing, and Affinity in Hesiod’s Mekone 4. Orpheus and the Reinvention of the Cosmos 5. Dionysus Dismembered 6. Conclusion: Protagoras and Greek Naturalism Appendix: Some Key Orphic Texts NotesBibliographyIndex