Orphic Fragments (1922) - Page 16

This page contains a Table of Contents (Conspectus) originally in Latin, with Greek titles for specific sections of Orphic fragments. These sections categorize fragments related to nature, prophecy, and ritual.

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34. On Plants and Herbs of Medicine original: "Περὶ φυτῶν βοτανῶν ⟨ἰατρικῆς⟩" (Peri phyton botanōn iatrikēs) (fragments 319—331) . . . . 326—330
35. Oracles original: "Χρησμοί" (Chrēsmoi) (fragments 332—333) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330—333
36. On Egg-Sacrifices or Egg-Divination original: "Ὠιοθυτικὰ ἢ Ὠιοσκοπικά" (Ōiothytika ē Ōioskopika); eggs were central to Orphic creation myths, which involved a "World Egg." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
37. Of Uncertain Placement original: "Incertae sedis" (fragments 334—349) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334—339
38. Spurious or Doubtful Works original: "Spuria vel dubia" (fragments 350—363) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339—344

LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT BOOKS CONCERNING ORPHEUS AND ORPHIC MATTERS original: "LATERCVLVS POTIORVM DE ORPHEO ET ORPHICIS LIBRORVM" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345—350

COMPARISON OF NUMBERS original: "COMPARATIO NVMERORVM"; likely a concordance comparing fragment numbers in this edition to older collections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351—353

CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS original: "CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354—359

ES original: "INDICES" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360—407
      I. Books of Orpheus and similar works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360—362
     II. Sources of the fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362—375
    III. Names inserted into the fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375—382
    IV. Selection of words original: "Verborum delectus"; a specialized vocabulary list or lexicon for the Orphic texts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382—397
     V. Epic poets utilized by the Orphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
    VI. Poets and philosophers who used Orphic writings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398—401
   VII. Most noteworthy points of the testimonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401—407

Fragment numbers included in parentheses indicate the numbers in the latter part of Abel's edition Eugen Abel (1844–1889) was the editor of the "Orphica" collection this table describes.. ⟨ ⟩ denote additions, [ ] denote deletions.