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In Pursuit of Invisibility: Ritual Texts from Late Roman Egypt (American Studies in Papyrology)
In Pursuit of Invisibility Ritual Texts from Late Roman Egypt - American Studies in Papyrology
Author: Richard Phillips
A close examination of invisibility in the context of the Greco-Roman world, from the role invisibility enjoys as a literary motif to the ritual spells whose logos and praxis in magic papyri promise the individual that he will move about unseen by others. Capping the six chapters investigating invisibility in fiction and in handbooks of magic, P...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780970059192
ISBN-10: 0970059191
Publication Date: 12/30/2009
Pages: 215
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Publisher: American Society of Papyrologists
Book Type: Hardcover
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