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Seeking Recommendation Does anyone have a good source for PGM (Papyri Greek Magicae) translations?

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Lucid

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I've seen a few translations floating around and would be interested in ones that seem most accurate to the original text,

Thanks in advance!
 
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The Betz translation is the only (scholarly) one into English I'm aware of, the classic Preisendanz one into German leaves out the voces magicae.
 
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you could look into: Greek and Egyptian Magical Formularies by Christopher A. Faraone and Sofía T. Tovar . This one might be better than Betz.
 
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