One sacred text of this mythos is The Krater attributed to Zopyros, which is thought to have compared the title bowl to the source of souls.
One sacred text of this mythos is The Krater attributed to Zopyros, which is thought to have compared the title bowl to the source of souls. Other texts ascribed to this belief system include The Net and The Robe. Bone plates from Olbia featuring opposites like "life" and "death" may be the first evidence of a self-identifying community of this religion's practitioners. The Derveni fragment purports to explain several features of one of the theogonies of this religion, including the shaper of the universe, Protogonos or Phanes. Like Pythagoreanism, this religion practiced vegetarianism due to belief in metempsychosis. This religion had a soteriology tied to the "loosening" powers of a deity, who was eaten as a child by the Titans, thus creating human souls. Associated with a belief in the salvific power of Dionysos, for 10 points, identify this mystery religion of ancient Greece named for a mythic poet.
One sacred text of this mythos is The Krater attributed to Zopyros, which is thought to have compared the title bowl to the source of souls.
Orphism [or Orphicism; or Orphic Cult; or Cult of Orpheus; prompt on Bacchic cult or Dionysiac cult or similar answers before Dionysos is mentioned; do not accept "Pythagoreanism" or similar answers]