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Reviews"Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader."- New Yorker, "Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date. . . . Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably."-Peter Green, The New Republic, "This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come."- Choice, "An Exceptional Historical and Social Analysis of a Subject of Enduring Interest."-- Library Journal, "Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader."--New Yorker, "This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come."--Choice, "Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader."-- New Yorker, "Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date. . . . Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably."-Peter Green, New Republic, "This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come."-- Choice, Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader., "Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date. . . .Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Romeis deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably."--Peter Green,The New Republic, Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date. . . . Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably., "Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date. . . . Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably."--Peter Green, New Republic, This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come.
Table of ContentBinding Spells: Curse Tablets and Voodoo Dolls in the Greek and Roman Worlds --Daniel Ogden Witches and Sorcerers in Classical Literature --Georg Luck Imagining Greek and Roman Magic --Richard Gordon The Demonization of Magic and Sorcery in Late Antiquity: Christian Redefinitions of Pagan Religions --Valerie Flint