Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0195151232 ISBN 13: 9780195151237

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2002

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

... an extraordinary rich anthology of ancient texts ... All the sources are carefully introduced and annotated, and there is a rich thematic bibliography worth the price of the collection. (International Review of Biblical Studies)

L'autore:

Daniel Ogden is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Exeter.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195151232
• ISBN 13: 9780195151237
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 364
• Redattore: Ogden Daniel