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Publication
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Description
Original and comprehensive, Magic in the Ancient Greek Worldtakes the reader inside both the social imagination and the ritualreality 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 ancientworld Uncovers how magic worked. Was it down to mere superstition?Did the subject need to believe in order for it to have aneffect? Focuses on detailed case studies of individual types ofmagic Examines the central role of magic in Greek life
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xiv, 207 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
9781405132398
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