Greek magic : ancient, medieval and modern /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York :
Routledge,
2008
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| Series: | Routledge monographs in classical studies
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Table of Contents:
- Magic in ancient Greece
- Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- The 'wretched subject' of ancient Greek magic / David Jordan
- Magic, amulets and Circe / Nanno Marinatos
- Magic and the dead in classical Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston
- Ancient Greek sculptors as magicians / Antonio Corso
- Hocus-pocus in Graeco-Roman Egypt / William Brashear
- Ancient magical gems / Arpad M. Nagy
- magic in Byzantium
- Introduction : magic in Byzantium / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- Magic and the Devil : from the Old to the New Rome / Spyros N. Trojanos
- Magic and visual culture in late antiquity / Gary Vikan
- Another 'wretched subject' : the demons of the world / David Jordan
- The magician Vigrinos and his victim : a case of magic from the Life of St. Andrew the Fool / George Th. Calofonos
- Spells and exorcisms in three post-Byzantine manuscripts / Agamemnon Tselikas
- magic in modern Greece
- Introduction : magic in modern Greece / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- Magic and Orthodoxy / Charles Stewart
- Ritual word and symbolic movement in spells against the evil eye / Christina Veikou
- The evil eye among the Greeks of Australia : identity, continuity and modernization / Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou
- The enchanted garment / Nikos Xenios
- Erotic and fertility magic in the folk culture of modern Greece / Theodore Paradellis
- The theory of magic
- Introduction : the theory of magic / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- Talking of magic / Richard Gordon
- Magic as a point of reference in anthropological theory / Eleonora Skouteri-Didaskalou
- Technology and magic / Alfred Gell
- The social dimension of magic / Stratis Psaltou
- pt. 1. Magic in ancient Greece: Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- The "wretched subject" of ancient Greek magic / David Jordan
- Magic amulets and Circe / Nanno Marinatos
- Magic and the dead in classical Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston
- Ancient Greek sculptors as magicians / Antonio Corso
- Hocus pocus in Graeco-Roman Egypt / William Brashear
- Ancient magical gems / Arpad M. Nagy
- pt. 2. Magic in Byzantium: Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- Magic and the devil : from the old to the new Rome / Spyros N. Trojanos
- Magic and visual culture in late antiquity / Gary Vikan
- Another "wretched? subject" : the demons of the world / David Jordan
- The magician Vigrinos and his victim : a case of magic from the life of St. Andrew the Fool / George Kalofonos
- Spells and exorcisms in three post-byzantine manuscripts / Agamemnon Tselikas
- pt. 3. Magic in modern Greece: Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- Magic and Orthodoxy / Charles Stewart
- "Words are not enough. Action is needed for the word to take hold" : ritual word and symbolic movement in spells against the evil eye / Christina Veikou
- The evil eye among the Greeks of Australia : identity, continuity, and modernizat ion / Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou-Farrington
- The enchanted garment / N. Xenios
- Erotic and fertility magic in the folk culture of modern Greece / Theodore Paradellis
- pt. 4. The theory of magic: Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos
- Talking of magic / Richard Gordon
- Magic as a point of reference in anthropological theory / Eleonora Skouteri-Didaskalou
- Technology and magic / Alfred Gell
- The social dimension of magic / Stratis Psaltou
- Magic, gender and social "racism" / Constantinos Mandas.