{"product_id":"getty-hexameters-christopher-a-faraone-9780199664108","title":"Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Getty Hexameters\u003c\/em\u003e looks in detail at a series of forty-four magical verses inscribed on a recently discovered lead tablet from Sicily in the fifth century BC, which is now in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDivided into two sections, the volume consists of a general introduction to the new inscriptions, together with a critical text and English translation, photographs, and drawings. The second section contains a collection of eleven interpretative essays which treat various aspects of the text, including religious and civic context, date and poetic language, transmission, and connections to ancient magic and ritual practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe volume is the first complete critical edition of the Greek text to appear in print and contains important scholarship for the field of classics from an acclaimed list of contributors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher A. Faraone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199664102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199664108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Christopher A. Faraone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47419025850623,"sku":"9780199664108","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3db1368a-297e-41a8-9bd0-2d3c811129fc.jpg?v=1761508991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/getty-hexameters-christopher-a-faraone-9780199664108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}