Magic in the Ancient Greek WorldISBN: 978-1-4051-3238-1
Hardcover
224 pages
March 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- 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