Faraone christopher a eds (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Wraps have been remounted on boards. Underlining in pencil to some pages.; Twelve Essays address such subjects as the influence of Dionysus on Greek tragedy and art, his connection with mystery religions and concepts of the afterlife, and the spread of his cult to Etruria.; Myth and Poetics; 344 pages.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Minor edgewear with laminate lighting along edges. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]).; Twelve Essays address such subjects as the influence of Dionysus on Greek tragedy and art, his connection with mystery religions and concepts of the afterlife, and the spread of his cult to Etruria.; Myth and Poetics; 344 pages. …

Condizione: gut. XIX, 294 S , Abb., 24 cm, handschr. Widmung des Verfassers, Schutzumschlag am oberen Rand leicht beschädigt. Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Near fine, light shelf wear 209 pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Very light edgewear along top of DJ.; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 316 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. The interpretation of animal sacrifice, now considered the most important ancient Greek and Roman religious ritual, has long been dominated by the views of Walter Burkert, the late J. -P. Vernant, and Marcel Detienne. No penetrating and general critique of their views has appeared and, in particular, no critique of the application of these views to Roman religion. Nor has any critique dealt with the use of literary and visual sources by these writers. This book, a collection of essays by leading scholars, incorporates all these subjects and provides a theoretical background for the study of animal sacrifice in an ancient context.; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 224 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Some creasing and yellowing to DJ.; This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, and, in each case, determine whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J. H. M. Strubbe, H. S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C. R. Phillips.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages.…