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MAGIC IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD
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| By: |
Derek Collins |
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Hardback |
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£95.95 |
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£86.36 |
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£9.59 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405132388 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405132381 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 February, 2008 |
| Series: |
Blackwell Ancient Religions |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
Explores the widespread use of spells, drugs, curse tablets, and figurines, and the practitioners of magic in the ancient world Uncovers how magic worked. |
| 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: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
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Returnable |
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