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Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Daniel Ogden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual
Magika Hiera
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: Christopher A. Faraone
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Annotation This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "mag
Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World
Language: en
Pages: 379
Authors: Matthew W Dickie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and socia
Drakon
Language: en
Pages: 492
Authors: Daniel Ogden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-28 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This volume explores the dragon or the supernatural serpent in Graeco-Roman myth and religion. It incorporates analyses, with comprehensive accounts of the rich
Magic in the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Fritz Graf
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher:

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Ancient Greeks and Romans often turned to magic to achieve personal goals. Magical rites were seen as a route for direct access to the gods, for material gains