The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous

by Dirk Obbink and Christopher A. Faraone

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199664102

ISBN13:9780199664108

Release Date:February 2014

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"

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