Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World

by: Dickie, M.W.

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 Magic and magicians in the Greco-Roman world
Author:Matthew Dickie

Summary:This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors and sorceresses in the ancient world. Compelling and revealing in the breadth of evidence employed this will be an essential resource.

viii, 380 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:
The formation and nature of the Greek concept of magic
Sorcerers in the fifth and fourth centuries BC
Sorceresses in the Athens of the fifth and fourth centuries BC
Sorcerers in the Greek world of the Hellenistic period (300-1 BC)
Magic as a distinctive category in Roman thought
Constraints on magicians in the Late Roman Republic and under the Empire
Sorcerers and sorceresses in Rome in the Middle and Late Republic and under the Early Empire
Witches and magicians in the provinces of the Roman Empire until the time of Constantine
Constraints on magicians under a Christian empire
Sorcerers and sorceresses from Constantine to the end of the seventh century AD

Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World

by: Dickie, M.W.

• ISBN-13: 9780415311298 / 978-0-415-31129-8
• ISBN-03: 0415311292 / 0-415-31129-2
• Routledge, London, 2001

Price: 38,00 EURO

1 copy in stock