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Christopher A. Faraone

Author of Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

15+ Works 375 Members 1 Favorited

About the Author

Christopher Faraone is Professor and Chairman of Classics, University of Chicago.

Includes the names: C. A. Faraone, Christopher Faraone

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Works by Christopher A. Faraone

Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion (1991) — Editor — 162 copies

Ancient Greek Love Magic (1999) 78 copies

Prostitutes and Courtesans in the Ancient World (2006) — Editor — 37 copies

Masks of Dionysus (Myth and Poetics) (1993) — Editor — 33 copies

Talismans and Trojan Horses: Guardian Statues in Ancient Greek Myth and Ritual (1992) 15 copies

Initiation in Ancient Greek Rituals and Narratives: New Critical Perspectives (2003) — Editor — 11 copies

Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies: Text and Translation, Vol. 1 (2022) — Editor — 8 copies

The stanzaic architecture of early Greek elegy (2008) 7 copies

The Greco-Egyptian Magical Formularies: Libraries, Books, and Individual Recipes (New Texts From Ancient Cultures) (2022) — Editor — 7 copies

The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times (Empire and After) (2018) 4 copies

The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous (2013) 4 copies

Greek and Roman animal sacrifice ancient victims, modern observers (2012) — Editor — 3 copies

Vanishing Acts on Ancient Greek Amulets (Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements) (2012) 3 copies

Rushing Into Milk (2010) 2 copies

Gender Differentiation and Role Models in the Worship of Dionysos: The Thracian and Thessalian Pattern (2009) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Sleep of Reason: Erotic Experience and Sexual Ethics in Ancient Greece and Rome (2002) — Contributor — 57 copies

Ancient Magic and Ritual Power (1995) — Contributor — 54 copies

Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World (2002) — Contributor — 36 copies

The Courtesan's Arts: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (2006) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review

The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion: Further along the Path (2011) — Contributor — 27 copies

Mantike: Studies in Ancient Divination (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2005) — Contributor — 25 copies

Heavenly Realms and Earthly Realities in Late Antique Religions (2004) — Contributor — 22 copies

Prayer From Alexander To Constantine: A Critical Anthology (1997) — Contributor — 22 copies

Finding Persephone: Women's Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean (Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular Culture) (2007) — Contributor — 21 copies

The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations (Edinburgh Leventis Studies) (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies

Household and Family Religion in Antiquity (Ancient World: Comparative Histories) (2008) — Contributor — 20 copies

Magical Practice in the Latin West (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2009) — Contributor — 19 copies

Ancient Anger: Perspectives from Homer to Galen (2004) — Contributor — 17 copies

Cults and Rites in Ancient Greece: Essays on Religion and Society (2014) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Frontiers of Ancient Science (Beitrage Zur Altertumskunde) (German, English and French Edition) (2015) — Contributor — 7 copies

TRACING ORPHEUS SOZ 10 (Sozomena) (2011) — Contributor — 6 copies

Sacred Words: Orality, Literacy and Religion (Mnemosyne Supplements) (2011) — Contributor — 5 copies

Redefining Dionysos (2013) — Contributor — 5 copies

Vertis in usum : studies in honor of Edward Courtney (2002) — Contributor — 5 copies

Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral (Brill's Companions in Classical Studies) (2006) — Contributor — 4 copies

The world of ancient magic : papers from the first International Samson Eitrem Seminar at the Norwegian Institute at Athens, 4-8 May 1997 (1998) — Contributor — 4 copies

Transactions of the American Philological Association, No 119, 1989 (1990) — Contributor — 3 copies

Apotropaia and Phylakteria: Confronting Evil in Ancient Greece (2024) — Contributor — 2 copies

Coping with Versnel: A Roundtable on Religion and Magic. In Honour of the 80th Birthday of Henk S. Versnel (2023) — Contributor — 2 copies

Classical antiquity (vol 30 no 1) — Contributor — 1 copy

Classical antiquity (vol 23 no 2) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Faraone, Christopher A.
Legal name: Faraone, Christopher Athanasious
Birthdate: 1955-04-22
Gender: male
Education: Stanford University (Ph.D|1988)
Occupations: professor
classicist
Organizations: University of Chicago
Awards and honors: Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit (2024)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Works: 15
Also by: 26
Members: 375
Popularity: #64,332
Rating: 3.8

ISBNs: 38
Favorited: 1

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