This dissertation examines the emergence of the symptom as an indexical sign of the inside
of the body in fifth and fourth-century BCE Greek medical texts and the impact of this�…

In the first part of the article, the question of Theocritus' treatment of magic in the 2nd Idyll is
being discussed. The author's view is that Theocritus not only accurately depicted the�…

Both human/animal studies and the field of ancient magic have seen considerable growth in
recent decades, and their intersections, though few, have produced some significant works�…

In the study of 'magic', whether in the Late Antique world of the Mediterranean or
contemporary South Africa, there exists a lacuna in the understanding of conceptions of�…

0. La maldici�n del amor…� Es acaso el amor una maldici�n?, utilizado este �ltimo t�rmino
en sentido popular. En ese caso quiz�s ser�a m�s preciso hablar de" la maldici�n del�…

L'epigramma meleagreo AP 152 [HE 34] ha per protagonista una zanzara e si pone in
evidente continuita con il precedente componimento: 1 se li, in 151, il poeta si rivolge ai�…

The first part of this contribution briefly summarises some key recent developments in the
archaeological study of religious belief and ritual practice in Iron Age Britain. 2 Direct�…

Numerous recent archaeological and ethnographic studies have begun to break down the
broad category of “domestic religion” in order to illustrate the diversity of domestic cultic�…

In the classical religious experience, the epiphany plays a decisive role, conveying divine
revelation. The aspiration to overcome the limits imposed on the human condition is�…

ver since Sir James Frazer expanded upon the suggestions of his friend William Robertson
Smith more than one hundred years ago, there have been numerous and diverse efforts at�…