Orphism

set of religious beliefs and practices originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world
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Orphism

Summary

Orphism is a Greco-Roman mysteries[1]. Orphism has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Orphism's instance of is recorded as Greco-Roman mysteries[3].
  • Orphism's instance of is recorded as school of thought[4].
  • Orphism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orphism (mysteric religion)[5].
  • Orphism's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[6].
  • Orphism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[7].
  • Orphism's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ὀρφικά'}[8].
  • Orphism's different from is recorded as Orphism[9].

Why It Matters

Orphism has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Orphism is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Orphism has been cited as an influence by Plato[11], a philosopher[12], -0427–-0347[13], of Classical Athens[14], specialised in philosophy[15].

FAQs

Who did Orphism influence?

Orphism has been cited as an influence by Plato[11].

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  1. [11] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 4613
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 4613, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286734|Orphism (#107286734)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0303476-orfismus-filozofie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0303476-orfismus-filozofie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of Greco-Roman mysteries, school of thought
    Different from Orphism
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Orphism (mysteric religion)
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25753, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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