Magika Hiera
Ancient Greek Magic and Religion
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 1997
313 pages
978-0-19-535483-6 (ISBN)
Description
This well-researched and inspiring collection of ten essays by leading American and European scholars challenges the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore what have traditionally been called "magical" practices in ancient Greece. Disputing the preconceived notion that a clear dichotomy exists between magical and religious ritual, the essays survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, determining in each case whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.
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Content
- Intro
- 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 Words
- Index 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
