Arcana Mundi Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds - A Collection of Ancient Texts

Name: Arcana Mundi Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds - A Collection of Ancient Texts
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ISBN: 9780801883460

ISBN-10: 0801883466

ISBN-13: 9780801883460

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Annotated)

Authors: Georg Luck

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Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the "secrets of the universe," of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this path-breaking collection of Greek and Roman writings on magic and the occult, Georg Luck provides a comprehensive sourcebook and introduction to magic as it was practiced by witches and sorcerers, magi and astrologers, in the Greek and Roman worlds. In this new edition, Luck has gathered and translated 130y ancient texts dating from the eighth century BCE through the fourth century CE. Thoroughly revised, this volume offers several new elements: a comprehensive general introduction, an epilogue discussing the persistence of…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 5/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 568
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Georg Luck is professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the Johns Hopkins University. He has served as editor of American Journal of Philology and is the author of The Latin Love Elegy (Methuen, 1969) and others.