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Item Details
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MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD
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| By: |
Derek Collins |
| Format: |
Other digital |
| List price:
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£66.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0470696451 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780470696453 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
16 April, 2008 |
| Series: |
Blackwell Ancient Religions |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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 |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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