The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation: Including the Demotic Spells
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Word Count
101,500 words, Guess
Page Count
406 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7415344M
- ISBN-139780226044477
- ISBN-100226044475
- OCLC Control Number36322823
- Goodreads492531
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- LibraryThing396668
Classifications
- LCCBF1622.G8G74 1996
Description
"The Greek Magical Papyri" is a collection of magical spells and formulas, hymns, and rituals from Greco-Roman Egypt, dating from the second century BC to the fifth century AD. This volume contains fresh translations of these and other texts.
First Sentence
As important as the Greek magical papyri are to the understanding of Greco-Roman religion, as noted by Betz in his Introduction to the Greek magical texts, their full significance can be perceived only when it is realized that these texts written in Greek are part of a larger corpus that also includes texts written in that stage of the Egyptian language known as "Demotic," and that the corpus as a whole derives in very large measure from earlier Egyptian religious and magical beliefs and practices.
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