One to rule them all: The γόης of (Plato’s) Ancient Athens

A figure refuses to conform and bow down to anyone, both in the ancient Greek literature that first portrayed it and at present, in our attempts to constrain it in order to define it: they are the γόης, the ‘sorcerer’, the ‘enchanter’ that dominates Athens in the V-IV centuries BC. Who were they? An...

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Main Author: Marta Antola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Classicists 2020-05-01
Series:New Classicists
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Online Access:https://www.newclassicists.com/journals?lightbox=dataItem-k9zw8wdx