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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).

Über den Autor

Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History, University of Exeter. He is the author of Greek Bastardy in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

1.: Introduction

2.: Greek Sorcerers

3.: Alien Sorcerers

4.: The Rivals of Jesus

5.: Medea and Circe

6.: Witches in Greek Literature

7.: Witches in Latin Literature

8.: Ghosts

9.: Necromancy

10.: Curses

11.: Erotic Magic

12.: Voodoo Dolls and Magical Images

13.: Amulets

14.: Magic and the Law

15.: Supplementary Texts

Bibliographies

Indices

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780195385205
ISBN-10:	0195385209
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Ogden, Daniel
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Daniel Ogden
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2009
Gewicht:	0,775 kg