Magic in the Ancient Greek World

Name: Magic in the Ancient Greek World
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ISBN: 9781405132398

ISBN-10: 1405132396

ISBN-13: 9781405132398

Edition: 2008

Authors: Derek Collins

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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

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/17/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.05" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.726

Derek Collins is Professor of Classics at University of Michigan.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Magic: What Is It and How Does It Work?


Frazer and Tylor


Malinowski


Magic as Communication


Levy-Bruhl


Evans-Pritchard


Sympathetic Magic


Magic and the Extended Person


Magic and Analogy


Beyond Frazer


Tambiah and Persuasive Magic


Conclusion



A Framework for Greek Magic


Magic and the Gods


Divinity and Nature


The Hippocratics: Magic, Divination, and Epilepsy


Plato and Greek Psychology


Magic and Causality


Greek Magicians


Magoi


Gorgias, Mageia and Goeteia


Other Magical Terms


Conclusion



Binding Magic and Erotic Figurines


Binding the Gods


Divine Agents


'Characters'


Body Parts and Health


Erotic Magic


Figurines


Erotes



Homeric Incantations


Pythagoras and Empedocles


The Mechanics of Homeric Incantations


Obstetrics and Gynecology


Verse Combinations and the Power of Metaphor


Intoxication, Choking, and Gout


Incantations and Divination


Neoplatonic Theurgy and Homer


Conclusion



Magic in Greek and Roman Law


Magic in Greek Law and Legal Imagination


Trials for Erotic Magic


Theoris, the Lemnian Witch


Plato's Laws Against Magic


Magic in Roman Law and Legal History


The Twelve Tables


The Lex Cornelia


Magia and Maleficium: Magic and Witchcraft


Apuleius the Magus


The Opinions of Paulus and Later Law Codes


Interpretationes Christianae


The Medieval Inheritance



Conclusion


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index