Magic in the Ancient Greek World

• Author(s): Derek Collins,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 224
• ISBN_10: 0470695722
  ISBN_13: 9780470695722
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Ancient / General , History / General ,

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.

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• 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