The Getty hexameters : poetry, magic, and mystery in ancient Selinous / Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink.

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, toge...

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Other Authors: Faraone, Christopher A., Obbink, Dirk
Format: eBook
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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