Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome

by Bengt Ankarloo (Editor)

Other authorsStuart Clark (Editor)
Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

133.430938

Series

Witchcraft and Magic in Europe (vol. 2)

Tags

Witchcraft & Magic in Europe, Witchcraft, Wicca and Modern Witchcraft, Anthologies, Ancient Greece, Rome, ZZZ

Genres

Collection

Gifts

Publication

University of Pennsylvania Press (1999), 384 pages

Description

This is one in a series of six volumes which looks at the history of witchcraft and magic in Europe from the earliest times to the present day. This volume looks at Greece and Rome to late antiquity.

User reviews

LibraryThing member tole_lege
Like all the books in this series, very good, worth having and far too expensive. This is not a beginner's book, but rather assumes some knowledge of the field. Useful and worth having but supplement it with Graf, at the very least.
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LibraryThing member ritaer
Four separate essays on magical acts and attitudes in Greece and Rome. Dry but well researched. Bibliography, index, in-text notes. Made especially difficult by difficulty of keeping names straight. Numbers of historical figures with similar or identical names. Probably valuable for specialists in
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 the field, but heavy going for average reader.
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Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

384 p.; 6.14 inches

ISBN

0812217055 / 9780812217056

Local notes

MFT

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