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BL
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1030799
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b785169
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| Title & Author
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Greek magic : : ancient, medieval and modern /\ edited by J.C.B. Petropoulos.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge monographs in classical studies
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x, 196 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0415282322
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: 0415282330
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: 0415518415
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: 9780415282321
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: 9780415282338
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: 9780415518413
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188) and index.
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| Contents
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Part I : 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 -- Part II : 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 -- Part III : 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 -- Part IV : 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 -- Magic, gender and social 'racism' / Constantinos Mandas.
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| Abstract
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"Organised chronologically, the intriguing panorama offered by this book guides the reader through the ancient, medieval, modern and even contemporary periods, highlighting the traditions, ideologies and methods of magic in each period of Greek history. It brings together the latest insights from a range of experts from various disciplines: classicists, art historians, archaeologists, legal historians and social anthropologists among others."--Jacket.
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Magic-- Greece-- History.
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Magic-- Greece-- History.
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Magic.
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Magie
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Manners and customs.
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Greece, Social life and customs.
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Greece, Social life and customs.
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Greece, Social life and customs.
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Greece.
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Griechenland
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4
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| LC Classification
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GN585.G85G74 2008
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| Added Entry
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Petropoulos, J. C. B.
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