The Getty Hexameters
Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
Av Christopher a. Faraone, Christopher A Faraone, Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink, University of Chicago) Faraone, Christopher A. (Frank Curtis Springer & Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics, University of Oxford) Obbink, Dirk (University Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature and Tutorial Fellow in Greek, Christ Church College
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2013-12-19
- Mått157 x 222 x 19 mm
- Vikt452 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor234
- FörlagOUP OXFORD
- ISBN9780199664108