Magic in the Ancient Greek World
Author(s): Derek Collins
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : John Wiley & Sons, Limited
- : Wiley-Blackwell
- : 0.37
- : 01 February 2008
- : 1.249 Centimeters X 16.7 Centimeters X 23.4 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Derek Collins
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 224