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Hostes deum: Magic in the literature of the Neronian period

Arampapaslis, Konstantinos

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Title
Hostes deum: Magic in the literature of the Neronian period
Author(s)
Arampapaslis, Konstantinos
Issue Date
2019-07-10
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Augoustakis, Antony
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Augoustakis, Antony
Committee Member(s)
  • Tzanetou, Angeliki
  • Walters, Brian
  • Williams, Craig A
Department of Study
Classics
Discipline
Classical Philology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2019-11-26T20:49:25Z
Keyword(s)
  • Magic
  • Superstition
  • Petronius
  • Seneca
  • Lucan
  • Medea
  • Erichtho
  • Oenothea
  • Proselenos
  • werewolf
  • witches
  • witchcraft
  • realism
  • magical papyri
  • defixiones
Abstract
This study examines magical discourse in the Neronian literature and, more specifically, its role in the works of the three major authors of the period, namely, Petronius, Seneca, and Lucan. It endeavors to trace possible echoes of popular beliefs about magic and real witchcraft practices of the 1st century C.E. in the text of the Satyrica, the Medea, and the Bellum Ciuile. This is done through a close reading of the relevant passages, and their thorough comparison with the magical texts of the Papyri Graecae Magicae and the defixionum tabellae as well as Pliny’s Historia Naturalis; such collation with other texts allows us to underline structural as well as verbal similarities. A large part of the study is dedicated to each author’s treatment of magic according to their personal views and the work’s generic context.
Graduation Semester
2019-08
Type of Resource
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Copyright 2019 Konstantinos Arampapaslis

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