Incantations for Initiation: Ritual Hexameters, Curse Tablets, and Sacred Rites in Classical Sicily
This article suggests that the Getty Hexameters offer evidence for a once lively world of ritual poetry used in rites of initiation. Their specific language (atelestos and hieron epos), ritual schemas (instructed concealment), intended aim (protection from harm), themes and divine cast of goddesses...
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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/kernos, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Kernos
2025
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |