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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Erichtho"”.
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Interpretatio Hiberniana: Classical Influences in Medieval Irish Depictions of Otherworldly Characters
… ammait, a term applied to both the necromancer Erichtho in In Cath Catharda (the Irish version of Lucan’s Bellum Civile) and the Furies in Togail na Tebe (the Irish version of Statius’s Thebaid), as well as a host of Otherworldly female characters in other works of Irish literature. Chapter 4 …
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Hostes deum: Magic in the literature of the Neronian period
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 …