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Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.

  • Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world
  • Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition? Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have an effect?
  • Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types of magic
  • Examines the central role of magic in Greek life

Magic in the Ancient Greek World

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 29/02/2008
    ISBN13: 9781405132381, 978-1405132381
    ISBN10: 1405132388

    Number of Pages: 224

    Description

    Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritual reality that made magic possible in ancient Greece.

    • Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world
    • Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition? Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have an effect?
    • Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types of magic
    • Examines the central role of magic in Greek life

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