The Wheel, the Whip and other Implements of Torture: Erotic Magic in Pindar Pythian 4.213-19. [From: The Classical Journal, Vol. 89, No. 1, 1993].

Faraone, Christopher A.:

Published by Chicago: Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), 1993

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pp. 1-19. 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: At a crucial point in Pindar's celebrated fourth Pythian, Aphrodite gives Jason the iunx, an erotic charm that he will use to seduce Medea. Described as "a mad bird pinned to a four-spoked wheel," this iunx has occasioned much discussion and confusion. It is usually argued or assumed that a sympathetic "spinning" motion lies at the heart of the magical operation, and that the victims of such a magical device are to be similarly whirled about until they are so utterly confused and disoriented that they yield to the demands of the practitioner. - Wikipedia: Christopher A. Faraone (* 1955) ist ein US-amerikanischer Gräzist. Faraone wurde 1988 an der Universität Stanford zum Ph.D. promoviert und gehört seit 1991 der Fakultät der University of Chicago an, wo er als Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities und Professor of classical languages and literature tätig ist. Seine Schwerpunkte sind die archaische und hellenistische griechische Dichtung, die antike Magie und die griechische Religion sowie die orientalischen Einflüsse auf die griechische Kultur. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wheel, the Whip and other Implements of Torture: Erotic Magic in Pindar Pythian 4.213-19. [From: The Classical Journal, Vol. 89, No. 1, 1993].
• Publisher: Chicago: Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• Binding: Reprint, stapled.
• Condition: Gut
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Klassische Philologie