Magic in the Ancient Greek World

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By Derek Collins

Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions

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Magic in the Ancient Greek World takes readers deep into the social imagination and ritual practices that enabled magic in ancient Greece. It explores the use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, as well as the practitioners behind these magical acts. Through detailed case studies, the book reveals how magic was central to Greek life and questions whether its effects relied on superstition or belief.
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Ideal for readers interested in ancient history, religion and spirituality, classical studies, and the role of magic and ritual in historic cultures.

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.

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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.

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Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2008, this book is praised for making Greek magic accessible to nonspecialists and offering new interpretative frameworks. Reviews highlight its engaging details, clear chapters, and wealth of fascinating information, describing it as a highly recommended and important addition to the study of ancient magic.

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ISBN: 9781405132398

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 February 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 336g

Pages: 224

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Derek Collins Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions

About the Author

Derek Collins is an Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively on Greek poetry and its performance, including Master of the Game: Competition and Performance in Greek Poetry (2005). Collins has also published on Greek divination and magic, including articles on bird divination, the criminalization of magic in Athens, and the intellectual background to classical Greek magic.

Magic in the Ancient Greek World