Christopher A. (Hrsg.) Faraone

The Getty Hexameters

Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous

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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 inscriptions, together with a critical text and English translation, photographs, and drawings. The second section contains a collection of eleven interpretative essays which treat various aspects of the text, including religious and civic context, date and poetic language, transmission, and connections to ancient magic and ritual practice.The volume is th… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Obbink, Dirk (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-19-164105-3
EAN: 9780191641053
Produktnummer: 16938593
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 15'593 KB

Über den Autor

Christopher A. Faraone is Frank Curtis Springer & Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics at the University of ChicagoDirk Obbink is University Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature and Tutorial Fellow in Greek, Christ Church College, University of Oxford