Description |
1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles |
Contents |
Greek text and translation of the Getty hexameters -- The Getty hexameters : date, author, and place of composition / Jan N. Bremmer -- The hexametric incantations against witchcraft in the Getty Museum : from archetype to exemplar / Richard Janko -- Spoken and written boasts in the Getty hexameters : from oral composition to inscribed amulet / Christopher A. Faraone -- The Ephesia grammata : genesis of a magical formula / Alberto Bernabe -- The Ephesia grammata : logos orphaïkos or Apolline alexima pharmaka? / Radcliffe G. Edmonds -- Magical verses on a lead tablet : composite amulet or anthology? / Christopher A. Faraone -- Myth and the Getty hexameters / Sarah Iles Johnston -- The immortal words of Paean / Ian Rutherford -- Poetry and the mysteries / Dirk Obbink |
Summary |
This book 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 number of interpretative chapters 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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Available through University Press Scholarship Online (SHEDL) |
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Parallel Ancient Greek text and English translation |
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Online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 28, 2014) |
Subject |
Greek poetry, Hellenistic -- Translations into English
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Greek poetry, Hellenistic -- History and criticism
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Greek poetry, Hellenistic
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Faraone, Christopher A
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Obbink, Dirk
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ISBN |
9780191745768 |
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0191745766 |
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