Greek magic
Subtitle: ancient, medieval and modern
By: edited by J.C.B. Petropoulos.
Contributors: Petropoulos, J. C. B.
Series: Routledge monographs in classical studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780415282321
Subjects: Magic -- Greece -- History; Greece -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : magic in ancient Greece; title: Introduction / J.C.B. Petropoulos; title: The 'wretched subject' of ancient Greek magic / David Jordan; title: Magic, amulets and Circe / Nanno Marinatos; title: Magic and the dead in classical Greece / Sarah Iles Johnston; title: Ancient Greek sculptors as magicians / Antonio Corso; title: Hocus-pocus in Graeco-Roman Egypt / William Brashear; title: Ancient magical gems / Arpad M. Nagy; title: Part II : magic in Byzantium; title: Introduction : magic in Byzantium / J.C.B. Petropoulos; title: Magic and the Devil : from the Old to the New Rome / Spyros N. Trojanos; title: Magic and visual culture in late antiquity / Gary Vikan; title: Another 'wretched subject' : the demons of the world / David Jordan; title: The magician Vigrinos and his victim : a case of magic from the Life of St. Andrew the Fool / George Th. Calofonos; title: Spells and exorcisms in three post-Byzantine manuscripts / Agamemnon Tselikas; title: Part III : magic in modern Greece; title: Introduction : magic in modern Greece / J.C.B. Petropoulos; title: Magic and Orthodoxy / Charles Stewart; title: Ritual word and symbolic movement in spells against the evil eye / Christina Veikou; title: The evil eye among the Greeks of Australia : identity, continuity and modernization / Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou; title: The enchanted garment / Nikos Xenios; title: Erotic and fertility magic in the folk culture of modern Greece / Theodore Paradellis; title: Part IV : the theory of magic; title: Introduction : the theory of magic / J.C.B. Petropoulos; title: Talking of magic / Richard Gordon; title: Magic as a point of reference in anthropological theory / Eleonora Skouteri-Didaskalou; title: Technology and magic / Alfred Gell; title: The social dimension of magic / Stratis Psaltou; title: Magic, gender and social 'racism' / Constantinos Mandas.