Overview

The Getty Hexameters 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 collection of eleven interpretative essays 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.The volume is the first complete critical edition of the Greek text to appear in print and contains important scholarship for the field of classics from an acclaimed list of contributors.
ISBN-13

9780199664108

ISBN-10

0199664102

Weight

1.00 Pounds

Dimensions

5.00 x 0.75 x 7.00 In

List Price

$140.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

256 pages

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published On

2014-02-28


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