A sourcebook of ancient texts for the Dionysus death and rebirth myth, from Zagreus sparagmos to the twice-born Semele tradition.
Orphism - Research Articles
The Death and Rebirth of Dionysus: Every Extant Ancient Version
Every extant ancient version of the Dionysus death and rebirth myth, translated and compared from Onomacritus to Nonnus.
Orphic Mirror Interpretations
How a child-god’s fatal toy became a philosophical symbol for embodiment, matter and selfhood—from Neoplatonists to today’s classicists.
Herakles & Dionysus — Twin Keys of the Serpent Mysteries
How Cosmic-Herakles sets the wheel of time while Dionysus turns it toward liberation in Orphic-Bacchic cults.