Baubo: a Case of Ambiguous Genitalia in the Eleusinian Mysteries

Neoklis A. Georgopoulos, George A. Vagenakis, Apostolos L. Pierris

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In an Orphic account of the constitutive mythology of the Eleusinian Mysteries, there occurs the relation of a remarkable tale of sacred obscenity. The Baubo affair is pivotal for a more in-depth understanding of the symbolism involved in the most awesome mysteric cult of the ancient Greek world …