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Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
4.3
(3080)
Engelsk
Bogcover for Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome af Prof Lindsay C. Watson, 9781788312981
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9781788312981
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1788312988
Udg. Dato:
2 maj 2019
Størrelse i cm:
23,0 x 16,1 x 1,5
Oplagsdato:
2 maj 2019
Forfatter(e):

Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome

4.3
(3080)
Engelsk
Paperback 2019
Format:

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Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind.

In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume discusses the history of the rediscovery and publication of the so-called Greek Magical Papyri, a key source for our understanding of ancient magic; the startling violence of ancient erotic spells and the use of these by women as well as men; the alteration in the landscape of defixio (curse tablet) studies by major new finds and the confirmation these provide that the frequently lethal intent of such tablets must not be downplayed; the use of herbs in magic, considered from numerous perspectives but with an especial focus on the bizarre-seeming rituals and protocols attendant upon their collection; the employment of animals in magic, the factors determining the choice of animal, the uses to which they were put, and the procuring and storage of animal parts, conceivably in a sorcerer’s workshop; the witch as a literary construct, the clear homologies between the magical procedures of fictional witches and those documented for real spells, the gendering of the witch-figure and the reductive presentation of sorceresses as old, risible and ineffectual; the issue of whether ancient magicians practised human sacrifice and the illuminating parallels between such accusations and late 20th century accounts of child-murder in the context of perverted Satanic rituals.

By challenging a number of orthodoxies and opening up some underexamined aspects of the subject, this wide-ranging study stakes out important new territory in the field of magical studies.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9781788312981
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1788312988
Udg. Dato:
2 maj 2019
Størrelse i cm:
23,0 x 16,1 x 1,5
Oplagsdato:
2 maj 2019
Forfatter(e):
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