Magic in the Ancient Greek World
ISBN-13:
9781405132398
ISBN-10:
1405132396
Edition:
1
Author:
Derek Collins
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Format:
Paperback
224 pages
Category:
Greece
,
Ancient Civilizations History
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ISBN-13:
9781405132398
ISBN-10:
1405132396
Edition:
1
Author:
Derek Collins
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Format:
Paperback
224 pages
Category:
Greece
,
Ancient Civilizations History
Summary
Magic in the Ancient Greek World (ISBN-13: 9781405132398 and ISBN-10: 1405132396), written by authors
Derek Collins, was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2008.
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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
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