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Zeus: a Study in Ancient Religion
Parts I and II
The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells
"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.
Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
In this illustrated book, Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier sets out the panorama of Pythagoras's influence and that of Christian and Jewish thinkers who followed his ideas in the Greek, Roman, early Christian, and medieval worlds. In illuminating this…
Mystery Religions in the Ancient World
"A lively, illustrated overview of the variety of mystery religions that flourished at the dawn of the Christian era. In clear, enlightened text and striking images, Mystery Religions holds up a "distant mirror" to our own times, showing that the…
Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the bacchic Gold Tablets
Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were depositedin graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeksand Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them after death, and how they could influence it. These…
