Magika hiera : ancient Greek magic and religion / edited by Christopher A. Faraone and Dirk Obbink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faraone, Christopher A., editor.

Obbink, Dirk, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magic, Greek.

Greece--Religion.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These essays by leading American and European scholars aim to remedy the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore the evidence for what have traditionally been called "magical" practices.

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells; 2 ""Cursed be he that moves my bones""; 3 Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers; 4 Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets; 5 The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots; 6 Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual; 7 Prayer in Magical and Religious Ritual; 8 The Constraints of Eros; 9 Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri; 10 Nullum Crimen sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on Magic; Selected Bibliography of Greek Magic and Religion

Index of Greek WordsIndex of Latin Words; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Bibliography: p277-283.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028319-X

0-19-770479-4

1-280-52928-8

0-19-802137-2

0-19-535483-4

1-4294-1571-1

OCLC:

437173278