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Magika Hiera : Ancient Greek Magic and Religion.
This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore ""magical"" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1: The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells; THE BINDING FORMULAE; THE AGONISTIC CONTEXT; CONCLUSION: MAGIC AND RELIGION; 2: "Cursed be he that moves my bones"; THE ANATOLIAN AND GREEK TRADITIONS; THE POWER OF WORDS; FUNERARY IMPRECATIONS AND THE GODS; 3: Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers; THE BORDER AREA; THE PRAYER FOR JUSTICE; THE CONFESSION INSCRIPTIONS; CONCLUSION FROM THE GREEK MATERIAL; LATIN JUDICIAL PRAYERS; FROM THE GREEK EAST TO THE LATIN WEST: CONCLUSION.
- 4: Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek AmuletsTHE COMBINED USE OF INCANTATION AND AMULET; EARLY INSCRIBED AMULETS: THE EPHESIA GRAMMATA; AMULETS WITH epodai IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE; THE MAGIC LAMELLAE; THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE INSCRIBED AMULETS OF THE ROMAN PERIOD; PRAYERS FOR PROTECTION ON INSCRIBED AMULETS; 5: The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots; THE INITIAL INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT: HOMER'S "ILIAD" AND "ODYSSEY"; FROM HOMER TO THEOPHRASTUS; THEOPHRASTUS AND BOTANICAL FOLKLORE; DEFINITIONS, HERBS, AND THEIR PROPERTIES: GRECO-ROMAN INTERPRETATIONS.
- "HERMETIC" MEDICAL ASTROLOGY AND HERBAL PHARMACOLOGYSACRED PLANTS IN THE MAGICAL PAPYRI; PHARMACOLOGY AND MAGICORELIGIOUS ASSUMPTIONS: SOME CONCLUSIONS; 6: Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual; MAGICAL DREAM POWER; DREAM TRANSMISSION AND THE PAPYRI; 7: Prayer in Magical and Religious Ritual; Appendix: The texts; 8: The Constraints of Eros; HOME REMEDIES FOR EROS; REMEDIUM AMORIS; THE TORMENTS OF PSYCHE; 9: Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri; MAGIC AND MYSTERY; MAGIC IN THE GREEK MAGICAL PAPYRI; MYSTERY CULTS AND THE GREEK MAGICAL PAPYRI; CONCLUSION.
- 10: Nullum Crimen sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on MagicLEGAL DEFINITIONS AND SANCTIONS; RELIGIOUS DEFINITIONS; SCIENTIFIC DEFINITIONS; CONCLUSION; Selected Bibliography of Greek Magic and Religion; Index of Greek Words; Index of Latin Words; General Index; Notes.