Parer l’humain de divin
In some Greek and Latin testimonies of Late Antiquity, several stones are used as core material in the making of different objects; these objects are described as jewels (body ornament) and as amulets (powerful objects). The texts in which the making of these garments is told include a divine empowe...
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| description | In some Greek and Latin testimonies of Late Antiquity, several stones are used as core material in the making of different objects; these objects are described as jewels (body ornament) and as amulets (powerful objects). The texts in which the making of these garments is told include a divine empowerment of the objects. Three examples show how the divine adornment for mortal use is conceived. These cases are: 1. the pantarbe in a ring which, in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica, repels fire itself, 2. the isiac emerald in fibula that, in the Damigeron-Evax lapidary, gives charm to the wearer, and 3. the remaking of the kestos of the goddess Aphrodite by the Cyranides, around an obsidian stone and from the pattern of a divine diadem capable of emasculating men or even of changing gender assignment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-974a8b51616c4b8cac54b58ac0b55cb42025-08-20T03:00:22ZengAnthropologie et Histoire des Mondes AntiquesCahiers Mondes Anciens2107-01992022-01-011510.4000/mondesanciens.3880Parer l’humain de divinThomas GaloppinIn some Greek and Latin testimonies of Late Antiquity, several stones are used as core material in the making of different objects; these objects are described as jewels (body ornament) and as amulets (powerful objects). The texts in which the making of these garments is told include a divine empowerment of the objects. Three examples show how the divine adornment for mortal use is conceived. These cases are: 1. the pantarbe in a ring which, in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica, repels fire itself, 2. the isiac emerald in fibula that, in the Damigeron-Evax lapidary, gives charm to the wearer, and 3. the remaking of the kestos of the goddess Aphrodite by the Cyranides, around an obsidian stone and from the pattern of a divine diadem capable of emasculating men or even of changing gender assignment.https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/3880ritualgenderamuletskestosliteraturestones |
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