6.0076 Qs: Psylli; E-Mail to Moscow? (2/39)(
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sat, 13 Jun 1992 12:05:26 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0076. Saturday, 13 Jun 1992.
(1) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:05:54 CST (27 lines)
From: Oliver Philliips <PHILLIPS@UKANVM>
Subject: Psylli
(2) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 08:19:03 PDT (12 lines)
From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1>
Subject: Email to Moscow?
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 09:05:54 CST
From: Oliver Philliips <PHILLIPS@UKANVM>
Subject: Psylli
Anne-Marie Tupet in her book _La magie dans la poe'sie latine_
(Paris, 1976) is talking about an ancient Libyan people who were
"les charmeurs et les chasseurs de serpents," the Psylli. I'm
working on them for a presentation I'll give in a conference on
ancient magic our Department of Religious Studies will hold in
August.
Tupet (p. 190) says:
"On appelle encore "Psylles", en E'gypte, des charmeurs de
serpents successeurs des Psylles et des Ophioge`nes, ce nom
de'signant maintenant une sorte de confre'rie ou de caste."
She offers no annotation in an otherwise thoroughly annotated
book. Our expert in Egyptian Arabic here knows of no such word
derived from "Psylli."
Can any Arabist out there supply a modern Arabic derivative?
Oliver Phillips
Classics, U. of Kansas
PHILLIPS@UKANVM.BITNET
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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 08:19:03 PDT
From: Paul Brians <BRIANS@WSUVM1>
Subject: Email to Moscow?
A friend of mine was recently the target of a scurrilous attack in the
Literary Gazette in Russia. I've written a reply that I need to get to
him as quickly as possible. Is there anyone with an email connection
who could get hard copy delivered to him in Moscow? Or is anyone on the
list headed for Moscow in the next week or so who would be willing to
carry the message and put it in the local mail there?
Please reply directly to me.