Magical Hymns from Roman Egypt A Study of Greek and Egyptian Traditions of Divinity

includes index and biblioraphy

Preliminary remarks ..........3 Greeks and egyptians in graeco-roman egypt and the survival of Indigenous religious tradition : an Outline ..............3 Magical Papyri and Magical Hymns: Notes on the features of a Genre...........12 PGM and PDM .............19 Purpose and methodology .......25 Magical Hymns..........28 History of studies .......28 Background of the Magical Hymns...........32 Egyptian and greek hymnography : A brief camparison .....39 Selection and Organization of the Material ......50 1. Hymns to the Male deity .............57 Hymns 1 and 2 Four version of a hymn to Apollo-helios- horus........59 Hymn 1 version one, to Aopllo : I 296-327 and 341-7 ...............59 Hymn 2 Versions two Three and four to helios-horus: VI ....97 Hymn 3 .........117 Hymn 4........140 Hymn 5 ......151 Hymn 6 Hymn to Aopllo.............169 Hymn 7 Hymn to apollo-gelios ........175 Hymn 8 Hymn to apollo...........191 Hymn 9 Hymn to the Creator God .......202 2. Hymns to the female chthonic/Lunar Deity .........217 Hymn10 Hymn to hecate-Persephone and her followers........219 Hymn 11 Hymn to hecate-selene........243 Hymn 12. Hymn to hecate-selene - perephone ....280 Hymn 13. Hecate-selene`s ........298 Hymn14. Hymn to hecate-selene-persephone .......309 Hymn 15. Hymn to hecate- selene- persephone .......322