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English: For the original greek text and it translation in english and italian, see -----> talk page.
Italiano: Per il testo originale in greco e per la sua traduzione in italiano e inglese, vedi -----> pagina di discussione.
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English: Gold Orphic Tablet with Case in the British Museum.

Gold tablet with an Orphic inscription and the pendant case that contained it. The inscription warns the soul not to drink from a particular spring in Hades, but to seek one by the Lake of Memory, where, after drinking, it shall be equal with other souls.

  • Museum number 1843,0724.3 BM
Italiano: Lamina orfica (Petelia, mm 45x27) IV sec. a.C.; British Museum. Testo in greco e traduzione in italiano e in inglese nella pagina di discussione
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