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Between magic and religion : interdisciplinary studies in ancient Mediterranean religion and society / edited by Sulochana Asirvatham, Corinne Ondine Pache, and John Watrous.

Contributor(s): Asirvatham, Sulochana Ruth, 1970- | Pache, Corinne Ondine, 1963- | Watrous, John, 1964-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Greek studies: Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: xxix, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0847699692 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0847699684 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Mediterranean Region -- Religion | Magic -- Religious aspects -- History | Spirituality -- Mediterranean Region | Religion and sociologyDDC classification: 200/.938 LOC classification: BL687 | .B48 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Barbarian bond: Thracian Bendis among the Athenians / Corinne Ondine Pache -- Magic, religion, and syncretism at the Oracle of Claros / Zsuzsanna Varhelyi -- Saving water: early floods in the forum / Prudence J. Jones -- Magic, dreams, and ritual in the Iroquois conversion / Kate Blair-Dixon -- The dynamics of deification in Horace's Odes 1-3 / Spencer Cole -- Olympias' snake and Callisthenes' stand: religion and politics in Plutarch's Life of Alexander / Sulochana R. Asirvathem -- The cult of Achilles in Philostratus' Heroikos: a study in the relation of canon and ritual / Ellen Bradshaw Aitken -- Coins used as amulets in late antiquity / Mary Margaret (Molly) Fulghum -- A reconsideration of early Byzantine marriage rings / Alicia Walker -- The Femme-aux-serpents at Moissac: luxuria (lust) or a bad mother? / Amanda Luyster.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Barbarian bond: Thracian Bendis among the Athenians / Corinne Ondine Pache -- Magic, religion, and syncretism at the Oracle of Claros / Zsuzsanna Varhelyi -- Saving water: early floods in the forum / Prudence J. Jones -- Magic, dreams, and ritual in the Iroquois conversion / Kate Blair-Dixon -- The dynamics of deification in Horace's Odes 1-3 / Spencer Cole -- Olympias' snake and Callisthenes' stand: religion and politics in Plutarch's Life of Alexander / Sulochana R. Asirvathem -- The cult of Achilles in Philostratus' Heroikos: a study in the relation of canon and ritual / Ellen Bradshaw Aitken -- Coins used as amulets in late antiquity / Mary Margaret (Molly) Fulghum -- A reconsideration of early Byzantine marriage rings / Alicia Walker -- The Femme-aux-serpents at Moissac: luxuria (lust) or a bad mother? / Amanda Luyster.

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