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    Drawing down the moon : magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world (2019)
    Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press
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    b3kat_BV046046187
    Format: xv, 474 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9780691156934
    Content: What did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world, provides the most comprehensive account of the varieties of phenomena labeled as magic in classical antiquity. Exploring why certain practices, images, and ideas were labeled as "magic" and set apart from "normal" kinds of practices, Edmonds gives insight into the shifting ideas of religion and the divine in the ancient past and in the later Western tradition. Using fresh approaches to the history of religions and the social contexts in which magic was exercised, Edmonds delves into the archaeological record and classical literary traditions to examine images of witches, ghosts, and demons as well as the fantastic powers of metamorphosis, erotic attraction, and reversals of nature, such as the famous trick of drawing down the moon. From prayer and divination to astrology and alchemy, Edmonds journeys through all manner of ancient magical rituals and paraphernalia -- ancient tablets, spell books, bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, and amulets and talismans. He considers the ways in which the Greco-Roman discourse of magic was formed amid the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, including Egypt and the Near East. An investigation of the mystical and marvelous, Drawing Down the Moon offers an unparalleled record of the origins, nature, and functions of ancient magic
    Language: English
    Subjects: Theology , Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    FB 4018
    RVK:
    BE 7255
    Keywords: Griechenland ; Römisches Reich ; Antike ; Magie
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    Myths of the underworld journey : Plato, Aristophanes, and the "Orphic" gold tablets (2004)
    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV019385278
    Format: XII, 276 S.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    ISBN: 0521834341
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-511-49789-6
    Language: English
    Subjects: Philosophy , Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    CD 3067
    RVK:
    FB 4019
    RVK:
    FH 26580
    Keywords: Griechenland ; Mythologie ; Unterwelt ; Plato v427-v347 Phaedo ; Unterwelt ; Aristophanes v445-v385 Ranae ; Unterwelt ; Orphicae Lamellae ; Unterwelt
    URL: Publisher description
    URL: Table of contents
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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    Plato and the power of images (2017)
    Leiden ; Boston : Brill
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV044473505
    Format: VIII, 242 Seiten
    ISBN: 9789004345003
    Series Statement: Mnemosyne. Supplements volume 405
    Note: Aus der Einleitung: "The essays here were all presented in draft form at the pair of conferences held in the fall of 2013 at Bryn Mawr College in the United States and in the spring of 2014 at the Universitée Catholique de Louvain and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium"
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-04-34501-0
    Language: English
    Subjects: Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    FH 28715
    Keywords: Plato v427-v347 ; Imagination ; Bildersprache ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    Author information: Destrée, Pierre 1962-
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    Plato and the power of images (2017)
    Leiden : Brill
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    UID:
    gbv_889191255
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9789004345010
    Series Statement: Mnemosyne volume 405
    Content: Front Matter /Pierre Destrée and Radcliffe G. Edmonds -- Introduction: The Power—and the Problems—of Plato’s Images /Pierre Destrée and Radcliffe G. Edmonds -- Alcibiades’ Eikôn of Socrates and the Platonic Text: Symp. 215a–222d /Andrew Ford -- The Image of Achilles in Plato’s Symposium /Elizabeth Belfiore -- The Power and Ambivalence of a Beautiful Image in Plato and the Poets /Francisco Gonzalez -- Putting Him on a Pedestal: (Re)collection and the Use of Images in Plato’s Phaedrus /Radcliffe G. Edmonds -- Images of Oneself in Plato /Christopher Moore -- Perspectivism in Plato’s Views of the Gods /Gerd Van Riel -- The Power of Plato’s Cave /Grace Ledbetter -- Political Images of the Soul /Olivier Renaut -- The Ship of State and the Subordination of Socrates /A.G. Long -- Plato’s Goat-Stags and the Uses of Comparison /Kathryn Morgan -- Poetry and the Image of the Tyrant in Plato’s Republic /Penelope Murray -- The Tripartite Soul as Metaphor /Douglas Cairns -- Indices /Pierre Destrée and Radcliffe G. Edmonds.
    Content: Plato is well known both for the harsh condemnations of images and image-making poets that appear in his dialogues and for the vivid and intense imagery that he himself uses in his matchless prose. Through their resemblance to true reality, images have the power to move their viewers to action and to change themselves, but because of their distance from true reality, that power always remains problematic. Two recurrent problems addressed here are how an image resembles what it represents and how to avoid mistaking that image for what it represents. Plato and the Power of Images comprises twelve chapters on the ways Plato has used images, and the ways we could, or should, understand their status as images
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9789004345003
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Plato and the power of images Boston : Brill, 2017
    Language: English
    Keywords: Plato v427-v347 ; Imagination ; Aufsatzsammlung
    DOI: 10.1163/9789004345010
    URL: Volltext
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    Author information: Destrée, Pierre 1962-
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    Magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world : studies in honor of Christopher A. Faraone (2024)
    London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
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    UID:
    gbv_1870224361
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 374 cm)
    ISBN: 9781003320661
    Content: "This volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas, including the knowledge and practice of magic, were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, and Egyptian cultures. Offering an original and innovative combination of case studies on the material aspects and cross-cultural transfers of magic and religion, this book brings together a range of contributions that cross and connect sub-fields with a pan-Mediterranean, comparative scope. Section I investigates the material aspects of magical practices, including first editions and original studies on papyri, gems, lamellae containing binding curses and protective texts, and other textual media in ancient book culture. Several chapters feature the Greco-Egyptian Magical Papyri, the compilation of magical recipes in the formularies, and the role of physical book-forms in the transmission of magical knowledge. Section II explores magic and religion as nodes of cultural exchange in the ancient Mediterranean. Case studies range from Egypt to Anatolia and from Syria-Phoenicia to Sicily, with Greco-Roman religion and myth integrated in a diverse and interconnected Mediterranean landscape. Readers encounter studies featuring charismatic figures of Magi and itinerant begging priests, the multiple understandings of deities such as Hekate, Herakles, or Aphrodite, or the perceived exotic origin of cult statues, mummies, amulets, and cursing formulae, which bring to light the rich intercultural networks of the ancient Mediterranean, and the crucial role of magic and religion in the process of cross-cultural adaptation and innovation. Magic and Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World appeals to both specialized and non-specialized audiences, with expert contributions written in an accessible way. This is a fascinating resource for students and scholars working on magic, religion, and mythology in the ancient Mediterranean"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , The materials of magic -- The cross-cultural contexts of magic.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781032341262
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781032341279
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 ISBN 9781032341262
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9781032341279
    Language: English
    Subjects: History , Theology , Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    FB 1875
    RVK:
    NG 1650
    RVK:
    BE 2562
    Keywords: Mittelmeerraum ; Magie ; Religion ; Antike ; Funde ; Festschrift
    DOI: 10.4324/b23088
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    Myths of the underworld journey : Plato, Aristophanes, and the "Orphic" gold tablets (2004)
    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV043928631
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 276 S.)
    ISBN: 9780511497896
    Content: This book was first published in 2004. Plato, Aristophanes and the creators of the 'Orphic' gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the boundaries of their societies. Rather than being the relics of a faded ritual tradition or the products of Orphic influence, these myths can only reveal their meanings through a close analysis of the specific ways in which each author makes use of the tradition. For these authors, myth is an agonistic discourse, neither a kind of sacred dogma nor a mere literary diversion, but rather a flexible tool that serves the wide variety of uses to which it is put. The traditional tale of the journey to the Underworld in Greek mythology is neither simple nor single, but each telling reveals a perspective on the cosmos, a reflection of the order of this world through the image of the other
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) , Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009 , 1. Introduction: the start of the journey 2. Roadmaps of de;viance: The 'Orphic' gold tablets 3. Descent into the depths of comedy: The Frogs of Aristophanes 4. The upward path of philosophy: the myth in Plato's Phaedo 5. Conclusions: the end of the road
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-83434-6
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-107-40730-5
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0-521-83434-1
    Language: English
    Subjects: Philosophy , Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    CD 3067
    RVK:
    FB 4019
    RVK:
    FH 26580
    Keywords: Griechenland ; Mythologie ; Unterwelt ; Plato v427-v347 Phaedo ; Unterwelt ; Aristophanes v445-v385 Ranae ; Unterwelt ; Orphicae Lamellae ; Unterwelt
    DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511497896
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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    The "Orphic" gold tablets and Greek religion : further along the path (2011)
    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_619775076
    Format: X, 385 S. , 23 cm
    Edition: 1. publ.
    ISBN: 9780521518314 , 0521518318
    Note: Mit Reg , Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: Online-Ausg. The "Orphic" gold tablets and Greek religion Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780511730214
    Language: English
    Subjects: Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    FH 15750
    Keywords: Orphicae Lamellae ; Orphicae Lamellae ; Dionysoskult ; Orpheus-Mythos ; Jenseitsglaube ; Konferenzschrift
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Rezension
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    Drawing down the moon : magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world (2019)
    Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV046087502
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (XV, 474 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9780691186092
    Content: An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world, provides the most comprehensive account of the varieties of phenomena labeled as magic in classical antiquity. Exploring why certain practices, images, and ideas were labeled as "magic" and set apart from "normal" kinds of practices, Edmonds gives insight into the shifting ideas of religion and the divine in the ancient past and in the later Western tradition.Using fresh approaches to the history of religions and the social contexts in which magic was exercised, Edmonds delves into the archaeological record and classical literary traditions to examine images of witches, ghosts, and demons as well as the fantastic powers of metamorphosis, erotic attraction, and reversals of nature, such as the famous trick of drawing down the moon. From prayer and divination to astrology and alchemy, Edmonds journeys through all manner of ancient magical rituals and paraphernalia—ancient tablets, spell books, bindings and curses, love charms and healing potions, and amulets and talismans. He considers the ways in which the Greco-Roman discourse of magic was formed amid the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, including Egypt and the Near East.An investigation of the mystical and marvelous, Drawing Down the Moon offers an unparalleled record of the origins, nature, and functions of ancient magic
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-691-15693-4
    Language: English
    Subjects: Theology , Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    BE 7255
    RVK:
    FB 4018
    Keywords: Griechenland ; Römisches Reich ; Antike ; Magie
    DOI: 10.1515/9780691186092
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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    The "Orphic" gold tablets and Greek religion : further along the path (2014)
    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV047026636
    Format: X, 385 Seiten
    Edition: 1. paperback ed
    ISBN: 9781107434820
    Note: Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe The "Orphic" gold tablets and Greek religion ISBN 978-0-511-73021-4
    Language: English
    Subjects: Theology
    RVK:
    BE 7302
    RVK:
    BE 1630
    Keywords: Orphicae Lamellae ; Geschichte ; Konferenzschrift
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    The "Orphic" gold tablets and greek religion : further along the path (2011)
    Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press
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    UID:
    b3kat_BV036504135
    Format: X, 385 S. , 23 cm
    Edition: 1. publ.
    ISBN: 9780521518314 , 0521518318
    Language: English
    Subjects: Ancient Studies
    RVK:
    FH 15750
    RVK:
    LG 6600
    Keywords: Orphicae Lamellae ; Geschichte ; Konferenzschrift
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