Magical Hymns from Roman Egypt
Ljuba Merlina (Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Germany) Bortolani
Cambridge University Press, 2016
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This study of Greek and Egyptian deities in the Greek hymns of the magical papyri (collections of spells from Graeco-Roman Egypt) includes texts, translations and commentaries and focuses on the dynamics of plurality and fusion. Its interdisciplinary approach encompasses classics, Egyptology, papyrology, the history of religions and ancient magic.
- ISBN-13
- 9781107108387
- ISBN-10
- 1107108381
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2016
- Publication date
- 2016-10-10
- Pages
- 488
- Dimensions
- 149x223x32
- Weight
- 708