Ancient Greek Love Magic
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 reveals that gender is the crucial factor in understanding love spells. There are, he argues, two distinct types of love magic: the curselike charms used primarily by men to torture unwilling women with fiery and maddening passion until they surrender sexually; and the binding spells and debilitating potions generally used by women to sedate angry or phil…
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- ISBN: 978-0-674-00696-6
- EAN: 9780674006966
- Produktnummer: 19138272
- Verlag: Harvard University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H15.5 cm x B23.3 cm x D1.5 cm 342 g
- Abbildungen: 5 tables
- Gewicht: 342
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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