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Plato several times quotes lines from this collection; he refers in the Republic to a "mass of books of Musaeus and Orpheus", and in the Laws to the hymns of Thamyris and Orpheus, while in the Ion he groups Orpheus with Musaeus and Homer as the source of inspiration of epic poets and elocutionists.
The majority of scholars see four sections in the Gospel of John: a prologue (1:1–18); an account of the ministry, often called the "Book of Signs" (1:19–12:50); the account of Jesus's final night with his disciples and the passion and resurrection, sometimes called the Book of Glory [33] or Book of Exaltation (13:1–20:31); [34] and a ...
Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices [1] originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, [2] associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.
Online translations of the Second Epistle of John: Online Bible at GospelHall.org; KJV; NIV; Bible: 2 John public domain audiobook at LibriVox Various versions; Online articles on the Second Epistle of John: The Second General Epistle of John from Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible; An Exegesis of 2 John 7–11 by Mark A. Paustian
Johannine literature is the collection of New Testament works that are traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, or to the Johannine community. [1] They are usually dated to the period c. AD 60–110, with a minority of scholars, including Anglican bishop John Robinson, offering the earliest of these datings.
The poem was lost, but in the fifteenth century it was found and copied in a manuscript (Codex Matritensis gr. 4562) by the Neoplatonic Greek scholar Constantine Lascaris, who is considered a Pythagorean Orpheus. [2] Another related work is the Lithica (describing the properties and symbolism of different stones).
The Book of Revelation Rev 1:14-15 includes John's vision of the Son of Man: His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Orpheus and Eurydice, a ballet choreographed by Dame Ninette de Valois with music by Gluck (1941) [9] Orpheus, a ballet made by choreographer George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky (1948) Orpheus in the Underworld, an album by Don Shirley (1956) Orpheus, a song by New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, from Reflections (Manos Hatzidakis album ...