Molten Wax, spilt Wine and mutilated Animals: Sympathetic Magic in Near Eastern and Early Greek Oath Ceremonies. [From: Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 113, 1993].

Faraone, Christopher A.:

Published by London: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1993

About this Item

pp. 60-80. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With author's dedication to Jeff [Henderson]. - A very good and clean copy. - From the text: The so-called Cyrenean Foundation Decree describes and paraphrases what appears to be the oath of the seventh-century Theran colonists who founded the city of Cyrene in Libya. This oath contains a conditional self-imprecation, a common enough feature of many Greek oaths, but one which in this case involves wax effigies in what can best be described as a ritual employing sympathetic magic : Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Molten Wax, spilt Wine and mutilated Animals: Sympathetic Magic in Near Eastern and Early Greek Oath Ceremonies. [From: Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 113, 1993].
• Publisher: London: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• Binding: Reprint, stapled.
• Condition: Gut
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Klassische Philologie