1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450372903321

Autore

Dickie Matthew W

Titolo

Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World / / by Matthew W Dickie and Matthew W. Dickie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , [2003]

©2001

ISBN

0-203-16430-X

1-134-53337-3

1-280-02117-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

133.4/3/0938

Soggetti

Magic, Ancient

Magic, Greek

Magic, Roman

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The formation and nature of the Greek concept of magic; 2 Sorcerers in the fifth and fourth centuries BC; 3 Sorceresses in the Athens of the fifth and fourth centuries BC; 4 Sorcerers in the Greek world of the Hellenistic period (300-1BC); 5 Magic as a distinctive category in Roman thought; 6 Constraints on magicians in the Late Roman Republic and underthe Empire; 7 Sorcerers and sorceresses in Rome in the Middle and LateRepublic and under the Early Empire

8 Witches and magicians in the provinces of the Roman Empireuntil the time of Constantine9 Constraints on magicians under a Christian Empire; 10 Sorcerers and sorceresses from Constantine to the end of theseventh century AD; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives of



prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers.This fascinating reconstruction of the careers of witches and sorcerors allows us to see into previously inaccessible areas of Greco-Roman life. Compelling for both its detail and clarity, and with an extraordinarily revealing breadth of evidence employed, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying ancient magic.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002298249707536

Autore

Coombers, Mike

Titolo

Counterurbanisation in Britain and Italy : a comparative critique of the concept, causation and evidence / Mike Coombers, Remo Dalla Longa and Simon Raybould

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Pergamon Press, [1989]

ISBN

03059006

Descrizione fisica

70 p., [16] p. di tav. ; 25 cm.

Collana

Progress in plaining ; 32,1

Altri autori (Persone)

Dalla Longa, Remoauthor

Raybauld, Simon

Soggetti

Geografia urbana

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia