| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-203) and indexes. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 The Ubiquity of Love Magic""; ""1.2 Definitions and a New Taxonomy""; ""1.3 The Advantages of a Synchronic and Comparative Approach""; ""2. Spells for Inducing Uncontrollable Passion (Eros)""; ""2.1 If Eros Is a Disease, Then Erotic Magic Is a Curse""; ""2.2 Jason�s Iunx and the Greek Tradition of Agoge Spells""; ""2.3 Apples for Atalanta and Pomegranates for Persephone""; ""2.4 The Transitory Violence of Greek Weddings and Erotic Magic""; ""3. Spells for Inducing Affection (Philia)"" |
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""3.1 Aphrodite�s Kestos Himas and Other Amuletic Love Charms""""3.2 Deianeira�s Mistake: The Confusion of Love Potions and Poisons""; ""3.3 Narcotics and Knotted Cords: The Subversive Cast of Philia Magic""; ""4. Some Final Thoughts on History, Gender, and Desire""; ""4.1 From Aphrodite to the Restless Dead: A Brief History of the Agoge Spell""; ""4.2 Courtesans, Freedmen, and the Social Construction of Gender""; ""4.3 Aelian�s Tortoises and the Representation of the Desiring Subject""; ""Glossary""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Subject Index""; ""Index of Foreign Words"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Magic, Greek.
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Magic, Greek. |
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Love -- Greece -- History.
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Love. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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Sex role -- Greece -- History.
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Sex role. |
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Sex -- Greece -- History.
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Sex. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Faraone, Christopher A. Ancient Greek love magic. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999 0674033205 9780674033207 (DLC) 99010676 (OCoLC)40654722 |
| ISBN |
9780674036703 (electronic book) |
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0674036700 (electronic book) |
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0674033205 (alkaline paper) |
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9780674006966 |
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