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The Getty HexametersChristopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink

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The Getty Hexameters

Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous

by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink

A collection of studies on an early lead tablet of hexameter verse, attributed to the Sicilian city of Selinous, that contains protective incantations related to the Ephesia grammata. The contributors edit the text and place it within early Greek poetry, ritual and magic.

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