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Linguistica Uralica
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Nationalism in the USSR & Eastern Europe in the Era of Brezhnev & Kosygin
Soviet Union, USSR, Nationalism, Eastern Europe.
The Baltic States, Years of Dependence, 1940-1980
Geschiedenis van Estland, Letland en Litauen
The Baltic Review
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Magic in the Literature of the Neronian Period
Neronian representations of magic, a practice prevalent in the everyday life of the period and a central topic in its literary production, are characterized by unprecedented accuracy and detail. The similarities of witchcraft depictions in Seneca’s Medea, Lucan’s book 6, and Petronius’ Satyrica with spells of the PGM, the defixiones, as well as with Pliny’s quasi-magical recipes underscore realism as the distinctive trait of Neronian magic scenes which has often been considered the authors’ means to differentiate themselves from their Augustan predecessors. However, such high-degree realism is not merely an ornamental feature but transforms into a tool that influences the reader’...
