Readings in
Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek
Magic and Religion,
edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink
Thursday, March 28
1. Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells
(Faraone) JOSHUA COOK
2. “Cursed be he that moves my bones”
(Strubbe) DAVID R. DEWBERRY
3. Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial
Prayers (Versnel) MICHAEL BARNES
Tuesday, April 2
4. Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Amulets
(Kotansky) MARA DABRISHUS
5. Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots
(Scarborough) RACHEL BUSHKUHL
6. Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual (Eitrem) LEIGH FETNER
Thursday, April 4
7. Prayer in Magical and Religious Ritual (Graf)
JENAY CLARK
8. The Constraints of Eros (Winkler) CARRIE DOBBS
9. Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri
(Betz) ANGELA ROBEY
Tuesday, April 9
10. Nullum Crimen sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions
on Magic (Phillips III) JOE RATNER
11. GREEK NYMPHS: MYTH, CULT, LORE,
by Jennifer Larson, pages 91-120 “Gods, Goddesses and Nymphs” MICAH GOULD
Thursday, April 11
13. PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGE IN ANCIENT GREECE
by Matthew Dillon, (Chapter 6) pages 149-182 “Cult Regulations at Sanctuaries”
JACKIE MAHAFFEY
14. THE GREEK WAY OF DEATH,
by Robert Garland, pages 1-37: “The Power and Status of the
Dead,” “Dying,” “The Funeral.” CARL
BURGERS
Turn in preliminary bibliographies for term papers to Dr. Levine: Kimpel
Hall 502 or Kimpel Hall 425.
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*The four students who do not report from Magika Hiera
will have their choice of reports from the following:
1. THE GREEK WAY OF DEATH,
by Robert Garland, pages 1-37: “The Power and Status of the
Dead,” “Dying,” “The Funeral.” CALL NUMBER IN MULLINS
LIBRARY: BL795.D4 G37 1985
2. GREEK NYMPHS: MYTH, CULT, LORE, by Jennifer
Larson, pages 91-120 “Gods, Goddesses and Nymphs” CALL NUMBER
IN MULLINS LIBRARY: BL820.N95 L37 2001
3. GREEK NYMPHS: MYTH, CULT, LORE, by Jennifer
Larson, pages 121-159 “Lore of the Nymphs in the Greek World (Sources,
Attica, Central Greece, Peloponnese and Corinth). CALL NUMBER IN MULLINS
LIBRARY: BL820.N95 L37 2001
4. GREEK NYMPHS: MYTH, CULT, LORE, by Jennifer
Larson, pages 226-267 “Caves of the Nymphs and Votive Iconography”
CALL NUMBER IN MULLINS LIBRARY: BL820.N95 L37 2001
5. PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGE IN ANCIENT GREECE,
by Matthew Dillon, pages 1-26 “Official Pilgrimage Invitations and
Sacred Truces” CALL NUMBER IN MULLINS LIBRARY: DF121 .D55 1997
6. PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGE IN ANCIENT GREECE,
by Matthew Dillon, pages 149-182 “Cult Regulations at Sanctuaries”
CALL NUMBER IN MULLINS LIBRARY: DF121 .D55 1997
7. PILGRIMS AND PILGRIMAGE IN ANCIENT GREECE,
by Matthew Dillon, pages 183-204 “The Female Pilgrim” CALL NUMBER
IN MULLINS LIBRARY: DF121 .D55 1997
8. GREEK HEROINE CULTS, by Jennifer Larson,
any single chapter. Chapters include: “Introduction to Greek Heroine
Cults” Heroine Cult in the Political and Social Organization of Attica”
“Heroines in Votive Reliefs” “Heroines and the Heroic Family”
“Heroines in Individual Familial Relationships” “Independent
Heroines” “The Wrongful Death of the Heroine” CALL NUMBER
IN MULLINS: BL795.H47 L37 1995
9. WORSHIPPING ATHENA: PANATHENAIA AND PARTHENON,
edited by Jenifer Neils, any single chapter. Chapters include: “Theseus
and Athenian Festivals” “Athena’s Shrines and Festivals “Women
in the Panathenaic and Other Festivals” “Group and Single Competitions
at the Panathenaia” “Gifts and Glory: Panathenaic and Other Greek
Athletic Prizes” “Panathenaic Amphoras: The Other Side” “Shield
Devices and Column-Mounted Statues on Panathenaic Amphoras: Some Remarks
on Iconography” “Pride, Pomp, and Circumstance: The Iconography
of Procession “The Web of History: A Conservative Reading of the Parthenon
Frieze” “Democracy and Imperialism: The Panathenaia in the Age
of Pericles.” CALL NUMBER IN MULLINS: DF123 .W67 1996
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