Magic, witchcraft, and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds : a sourcebook /
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| Author / Creator: | Ogden, Daniel. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | OUP E-Books. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135613 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-337) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198034483 0198034482 9780195135756 019513575X 9780195151237 0195151232 0195303202 9780195303209 128048229X 9781280482298 9786610482290 6610482292 |