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Sacred Texts: The Classics

Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: 1. Orpheus

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: JUSTIN MARTYR: Chapter XVII.—Testimony of Homer. Similar meaning (73%) A Dissertation on the Life and Theology of Orpheus: Section I Similar meaning (71%) Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol II: TATIAN: Chapter XLI. Similar meaning (70%) Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: 2. Musaeus Similar meaning (69%)
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Orpheus lived probably in Thrace, in pre-Homeric times. Aristotle believed that he never existed; but to other ancient writers he was a real person, though living in remote antiquity. Nothing is known of any ancient Orphic writings.

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