The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous
ISBN-13:
9780199664108
ISBN-10:
0199664102
Edition:
1
Author:
Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Format:
Hardcover
240 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780199664108
ISBN-10:
0199664102
Edition:
1
Author:
Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Format:
Hardcover
240 pages
Summary
The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous (ISBN-13: 9780199664108 and ISBN-10: 0199664102), written by authors
Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
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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 the first complete critical edition of the Greek text to appear in print and contains important scholarship for the field of classics from an acclaimed list of contributors.
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