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Magika Hiera
Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
Av Dirk Obbink, Christopher A. Faraone
E-bok, 1997
554 kr
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This well-researched and inspiring collection of ten essays by leading American and European scholars challenges the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore what have traditionally been called "magical" practices in ancient Greece. Disputing the preconceived notion that a clear …
Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy
E-bok, 2008
759 kr
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In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind …
Getty Hexameters
Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous
Av Dirk Obbink, Christopher A. Faraone
E-bok, 2013
1645 kr
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The Getty Hexameters looks in detail at a series of forty-four magical verses inscribed on a recently discovered lead tablet from Sicily in the fifth century BC, which is now in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Divided into two sections, the volume consists of a general introduction to the new …
Magika Hiera
Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
Av Dirk Obbink, Christopher A. Faraone
E-bok, 1997
624 kr
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This well-researched and inspiring collection of ten essays by leading American and European scholars challenges the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore what have traditionally been called "magical" practices in ancient Greece. Disputing the preconceived notion that a clear …
The Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy
Inbunden, 2008
1240 kr
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In this study of poetic form in early Greek elegy, Christopher A. Faraone argues against the prevailing assumption that it was a genre of stichic poetry derived from or dependent on epic verse. Faraone emphasizes the fact that early elegiac poets composed their songs to the tune of an aulos (a kind …
The Getty Hexameters
Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous
Av Christopher a. Faraone, Christopher A. Faraone m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2605 kr
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The Getty Hexameters looks in detail at a series of forty-four magical verses inscribed on a recently discovered lead tablet from Sicily in the fifth century BC, which is now in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Divided into two sections, the volume consists of a general introduction to the new …
Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World
Av Christopher A. Faraone, Laura McClure
Inbunden, 2006
825 kr
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"Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World" explores the implications of sex-for-pay across a broad span of time, from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. In ancient times, although they were socially marginal, prostitutes connected with almost every aspect of daily life. They …
Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World
Av Christopher A. Faraone, Laura McClure
Häftad, 2006
285 kr
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Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World explores the implications of sex-for-pay across a broad span of time, from ancient Mesopotamia to the early Christian period. In ancient times, although they were socially marginal, prostitutes connected with almost every aspect of daily life. They …
Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives
New Critical Perspectives
Av David Dodd, Christopher A. Faraone
Inbunden, 2003
2526 kr
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Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and …
Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives
New Critical Perspectives
Av David Dodd, Christopher A. Faraone
Häftad, 2012
930 kr
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Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and …
Ancient Greek Love Magic
Häftad, 2001
397 kr
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The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers--as numerous allusions in Greek literature and recently discovered "voodoo dolls," magical papyri, gemstones, and curse tablets attest. Surveying and analyzing these various texts and artifacts, Christopher Faraone …
Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times
Inbunden, 2018
1262 kr
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The era of the Roman Empire was distinguished by an explosion of images and texts in a variety of media-metal, papyrus, mosaic, gemstone-all designed to protect, heal, or grant some abstract benefit to the persons who wore them on their bodies or placed them in their homes. In the past scholars …
Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice
Ancient Victims, Modern Observers
Av Christopher A. Faraone, F. S. Naiden
Inbunden, 2012
1677 kr
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The interpretation of animal sacrifice, now considered the most important ancient Greek and Roman religious ritual, has long been dominated by the views of Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. No penetrating and general critique of their views has appeared and, in …
Greek and Roman Animal Sacrifice
Ancient Victims, Modern Observers
Av Christopher A. Faraone, F. S. Naiden
Häftad, 2018
574 kr
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The interpretation of animal sacrifice, now considered the most important ancient Greek and Roman religious ritual, has long been dominated by the views of Walter Burkert, the late J.-P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. No penetrating and general critique of their views has appeared and, in …
Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives
New Critical Perspectives
Av Christopher A. Faraone, David Dodd
E-bok, 2013
1115 kr
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Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation'' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and …
Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives
New Critical Perspectives
Av Christopher A. Faraone, David Dodd
E-bok, 2013
970 kr
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Scholars of classical history and literature have for more than a century accepted `initiation'' as a tool for understanding a variety of obscure rituals and myths, ranging from the ancient Greek wedding and adolescent haircutting rituals to initiatory motifs or structures in Greek myth, comedy and …
Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies
Text and Translation, Vol. 1
Av Christopher a Faraone, Sofía Torallas Tovar
Häftad, 2022
643 kr
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New Approaches to the Great Paris Magical Codex
From PGM IV to GEMF 57
Av Christopher A. Faraone, Sofía Torallas-Tovar
Inbunden, 2026
2381 kr
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The Bibliothèque Nationale de France preserves an extraordinary document: a fourth-century CE papyrus codex from Upper Egypt. This handbook is over seventy inscribed pages long and is equivalent in length to four or five normal-sized papyrus rolls. But despite its great size, it contains only …
New Approaches to the Great Paris Magical Codex
From PGM IV to GEMF 57
Av Sofia Torallas-Tovar, Christopher A. Faraone
E-bok, 2026
2089 kr
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The Bibliotheque Nationale de France preserves an extraordinary document: a fourth-century CE papyrus codex from Upper Egypt. This handbook is over seventy inscribed pages long and is equivalent in length to four or five normal-sized papyrus rolls. But despite its great size, it contains only …
New Approaches to the Great Paris Magical Codex
From PGM IV to GEMF 57
Av Sofia Torallas-Tovar, Christopher A. Faraone
E-bok, 2026
2023 kr
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The Bibliotheque Nationale de France preserves an extraordinary document: a fourth-century CE papyrus codex from Upper Egypt. This handbook is over seventy inscribed pages long and is equivalent in length to four or five normal-sized papyrus rolls. But despite its great size, it contains only …
Vertis in usum
Studies in Honor of Edward Courtney
Av John Dillery, Judith Evans Grubbs m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2452 kr
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