Magika Hiera Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

Name: Magika Hiera Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
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ISBN: 9780195111408

ISBN-10: 0195111400

ISBN-13: 9780195111408

Edition: 1997 (Reprint)

Authors: Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink

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This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, and, in each case, determine whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.

Book details

List price: $81.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 9.17" wide x 6.14" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298

Dirk Obbink is University Lecturer in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Christ Church, Oxford.



Preface


Abbreviations



The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells



""""Cursed Be He That Moves My Bones""""



Beyond Cursing: the Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers



Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets



The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots



Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual



Prayer in Magic and Religious Ritual


Appendix: The Texts



The Constraints of Eros



Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri



Nullum Crimen Sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on Magic


Selected Bibliography of Greek Magic and Religion


Index of Greek Words


Index of Latin Words


General Index