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Informationen zum Autor Christopher A. Faraone is the Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities and Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. He is author of Vanishing Acts: Deletio Morbi as Speech Act and Visual Design on Ancient Greek Amulets and The Stanzaic Architecture of Archaic Greek Elegy. Klappentext Christopher A. Faraone is the Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities and Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. He is author of Vanishing Acts: Deletio Morbi as Speech Act and Visual Design on Ancient Greek Amulets and The Stanzaic Architecture of Archaic Greek Elegy. Zusammenfassung Featuring more than 120 illustrations, The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times is an essential reference for those interested in the religion, culture, and history of the ancient Mediterranean. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations for Corpora of Magical Texts Introduction 1 PART I. ARCHAEOLOGY Chapter 1. Distribution Chapter 2. Shapes Chapter 3. Media PART II. IMAGES Chapter 4. Action Figures Chapter 5. Domestic Guardians Chapter 6. Pharaonic and Ptolemaic Images PART III. TEXTS Chapter 7. Prayers Chapter 8. Incantations Chapter 9. Framing Speech Acts Chapter 10. Conclusions and Further Trajectories APPENDICES A. Summaries of Recipes for Protective Amulets Worn During Dangerous Rituals (from the longer PGM Handbooks) B. Summaries of Recipes from a Curative Handbook Embedded in a Magical Handbook (PGM VII 193-214) C. Summaries of Recipes from Smaller Fragments of Curative or Protective Handbooks D. Summaries of Recipes from a Fragment of a Curative Handbook (Testament of Solomon 18.15-40) E. Summary of Recipes from a Fragment of an Amulet Handbook (S&D 26-39) F. Summary of Recipes Preserved by Marcellus of Bordeaux G. Summary of Recipes Preserved by Alexander of Tralles H. Summary of Recipes Preserved by Aelius Promotus I. Summary of Recipes Preserved by Dioscorides Notes Glossary of Authors and Texts Glossary of Terms Bibliography INDICES General Index Index Locorum Ancient Words ...
