ISBN:
0415282322
,
9780415282321
,
0415282330
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 196 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge monographs in classical studies [6]
Series Statement:
Routledge monographs in classical studies
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Magic History
;
Magic Greece
;
History
;
Greece Social life and customs
;
Greece Social life and customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Griechenland
;
Magie
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
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 modernization / 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179 - 188) and index
