Magic in the Ancient Greek World

出版者:Blackwell Pub

作者:Collins, Derek

页数:224

出版时间:2008-3

价格:846.00元

装帧:HRD

isbn号码:9781405132381

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