Magika hiera : ancient Greek magic and religion / / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink

• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 pages)
• Disciplina: 133.430938; 292.08
• Soggetto topico: Magic, Greek
• Soggetto geografico: Greece Religion
• Persona (resp. second.): FaraoneChristopher A.; ObbinkDirk
• Note generali: Includes indexes.; Previously issued in print: 1991.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p277-283.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells; 2 ""Cursed be he that moves my bones""; 3 Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers; 4 Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets; 5 The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots; 6 Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual; 7 Prayer in Magical and Religious Ritual; 8 The Constraints of Eros; 9 Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri; 10 Nullum Crimen sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on Magic; Selected Bibliography of Greek Magic and Religion ; Index of Greek WordsIndex of Latin Words; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: These essays by leading American and European scholars aim to remedy the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore the evidence for what have traditionally been called "magical" practices.
• Titolo autorizzato: Magika Hiera
• ISBN: 0-19-028319-X; 0-19-770479-4; 1-280-52928-8; 0-19-802137-2; 0-19-535483-4; 1-4294-1571-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955300303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.