- 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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Author(s)Derek Collins
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405132396
ISBN-139781405132398
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,149,290
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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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.
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