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poetry, magic, and mystery in ancient Selinous
1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles
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.
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.
Available through University Press Scholarship Online (SHEDL).
Parallel Ancient Greek text and English translation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.