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- Title Ancient Greek Love Magic
- Author Christopher A. Faraone
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2001-10-30
- Features Bibliography, Glossary
- ISBN 9780674006966 / 0674006968
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.51 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.30 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Dewey Decimal Code 133.442
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Harvard University Press. Very Good+. 2001. Softcover. 0674006968 . Spine sunned and a bit discolored. ; The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers--as numerous allusions in Greek literature and recently discovered "voodoo dolls," magical papyri, gemstones, and curse tablets attest. Surveying and analyzing these various texts and artifacts, Christopher Faraone reveals that gender is the crucial factor in understanding love spells. There are, he argues, two distinct types of love magic: the curselike charms used primarily by men to torture unwilling women with fiery and maddening passion until they surrender sexually; and the binding spells and debilitating potions generally used by women to sedate angry or philandering husbands and make them more affectionate. Faraone's lucid analysis of these spells also yields a number of insights about the construction of gender in antiquity, for example, the "femininity" of socially inferior…
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