orphism's Usage Examples:

The close analogy between Pythagoreanism and Orphism has been recognized from Herodotus (ii.

The doctrine established itself in Greek theology under the influence of Orphism, and supplied Plato with mythic forms for his " criticism of life."

Epimenides must be reckoned with Melampus and Onomacritus as one of the founders of Orphism.

Of more modern writings on Orpheus and Orphism the following may be consulted.

It does not appear, however, that a regularly organized or numerous Orphic sect ever existed, nor that Orphism ever became popular; it was too abstract, too full of symbolism.

Both inculcated a peculiar kind of ascetic life; both had a mystical speculative theory of religion, with purificatory rites, abstinence from beans, 'c. but Orphism was more especially religious, while Pythagoreanism, at least originally, inclined more to be a political and philosophical creed.