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Talismans and Trojan horses : guardian statues in ancient Greek myth and ritual / Christopher A. Faraone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: xii, 193 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195064046
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 292.32
Contents:
1. Introduction: talismanic and apotropaic images in ancient Greece -- 2. Beastly guardians at the gate -- 3. Fighting with fire -- 4. Dangerous gods and powerful statues -- 5. Binding and burying an effigy of evil -- 6. The trojan horse, Pandora, and the ruse of the talismanic statue -- 7. Epilogue: trajectories into history and art.
Dissertation note: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1988.
List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book - 7-day loan Book - 7-day loan CYA Library Main Collection 292.32 FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000011558
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-169) and indexes.

1. Introduction: talismanic and apotropaic images in ancient Greece -- 2. Beastly guardians at the gate -- 3. Fighting with fire -- 4. Dangerous gods and powerful statues -- 5. Binding and burying an effigy of evil -- 6. The trojan horse, Pandora, and the ruse of the talismanic statue -- 7. Epilogue: trajectories into history and art.

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