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Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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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
and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient
magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly
inquiry and as one of general, popular interest. In Magic,
Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden
presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief
but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to
unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary
sources. Alongside descriptions of sorcerers, witches, and ghosts
in the works of ancient writers, it reproduces curse tablets,
spells from ancient magical recipe books, and inscriptions from
magical amulets. Each translation is followed by a commentary that
puts it in context within ancient culture and connects the passage
to related passages in this volume. Authors include the well known
(Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the
less familiar, and extend across the whole of Greco-Roman
antiquity.
The second edition includes a new preface, an updated
bibliography, and new source-passages, such as the earliest use of
the word "mage" in Greek" (fr. Aeschylus' Persians ), a werewolf
tale (Aesop's Fables), and excerpts from the most systematic
account of ancient legislation against magic (Theodosian Code).
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