Hecate was an ambiguous deity in ancient Greece, who survived throughout late Antiquity and Early Medieval period without losing her terrifying and dark features. During the Early Modern era, assimilated to Diana and Herodias, she appears in demonologists’ treaties on witchcraft, being considered the patroness of witches. Nowadays, contemporary Neo-Paganism attaches a remarkable role to medieval folklore: thus, due to her special link to magic and witchcraft, the goddess Hecate is even now particularly worshipped by several groups who attempt to revive, and revitalize, pre-Christian polytheistic elements. This goddess is perfectly suited to this aim.La dea Ecate era una figura ambigua nell'antica Grecia, che sopravvisse durante la tarda ant...
This study argues that the communication of and in mystical texts is closely bound to a rhetoric of ...
This article examines the so-called “Narses”, a marble head on display in the Archaeological Collect...
Starting from the survey of thermo-mineral sites from the Roman age in the Italian peninsula, this a...
Hecate was an ambiguous deity in ancient Greece, who survived throughout late Antiquity and Early Me...
ItRipercorrendo i culti delle civiltà accadica, sumera, egizia, babilonese, greca e romana, il saggi...
The mythical Helen at the mirrow crying her lost beauty and youth, the old courtesan Laide vowing he...
Even today there are still doubts and misgivings about the origin of Hekate and her cult; it is a ve...
It is well known that in ancient Rome there was a complex magical ceremony, which involved the mythi...
The article focuses on a motif appearing in some texts of erotic magic – the victim’s deadly bleedin...
Nel mondo antico Ercole era ritenuto il protettore delle abitazioni, dei guerrieri, dei pastori, dei...
In this text the authors focus on two female figures of ancient greek litera- ture: Antigone and Hel...
Aim of this paper is to investigate the history of female monstrosity in ancient Greek literature in...
Epoca, quella della seconda metà del 1800, dove oltre ad esserci un ripensamento della tradizione cr...
La déesse Hécate est une déesse intimement liée aux lieux de passage. Son caractère liminal, qui se ...
Connected with the discovery of fire and the beginning of the civilisation process, Prometheus is on...
This study argues that the communication of and in mystical texts is closely bound to a rhetoric of ...
This article examines the so-called “Narses”, a marble head on display in the Archaeological Collect...
Starting from the survey of thermo-mineral sites from the Roman age in the Italian peninsula, this a...
Hecate was an ambiguous deity in ancient Greece, who survived throughout late Antiquity and Early Me...
ItRipercorrendo i culti delle civiltà accadica, sumera, egizia, babilonese, greca e romana, il saggi...
The mythical Helen at the mirrow crying her lost beauty and youth, the old courtesan Laide vowing he...
Even today there are still doubts and misgivings about the origin of Hekate and her cult; it is a ve...
It is well known that in ancient Rome there was a complex magical ceremony, which involved the mythi...
The article focuses on a motif appearing in some texts of erotic magic – the victim’s deadly bleedin...
Nel mondo antico Ercole era ritenuto il protettore delle abitazioni, dei guerrieri, dei pastori, dei...
In this text the authors focus on two female figures of ancient greek litera- ture: Antigone and Hel...
Aim of this paper is to investigate the history of female monstrosity in ancient Greek literature in...
Epoca, quella della seconda metà del 1800, dove oltre ad esserci un ripensamento della tradizione cr...
La déesse Hécate est une déesse intimement liée aux lieux de passage. Son caractère liminal, qui se ...
Connected with the discovery of fire and the beginning of the civilisation process, Prometheus is on...
This study argues that the communication of and in mystical texts is closely bound to a rhetoric of ...
This article examines the so-called “Narses”, a marble head on display in the Archaeological Collect...
Starting from the survey of thermo-mineral sites from the Roman age in the Italian peninsula, this a...