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Orphism Orphism Set of ancient Greek and Hellenistic religious beliefs For the offshoot of Cubism, see Orphism (art). Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices[1] originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned. Orphism has been described as a reform of the earlier Dionysian religion, involving a re-interpretation or re-reading of the myth of Dionysus and a re-ordering of Hesiod's Theogony, based in part on pre-Socratic philosophy.[2] Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. The suffering and death of the god Dionysus at the hands of the Titans has been considered the central myth of Orphism.…

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