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Title: Magic in the Ancient Greek World Author: Collins, Derek Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Publication Date: 2007 Hardcover; ISBN: 9781405132381 Volumes: 1; Pages: 272 List Price in Cloth: $116.95 Our price: $101.99 (Add to Cart button is at the bottom of this page) 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 lifeTable of Contents1 Introduction2 Spells3 Drugs4 Curse Tablets5 Image Magic6 Other Magical Practices7 Who Practiced Magic in Antiquity?8 Magic and the Law |
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