1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002450820203316

Autore

GRANA CID, Maria del Mar

Titolo

Las sabias mujeres: educacion, saber y autoria : siglos 3.-16. / edicion de Maria del Mar Grana Cid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid : Asociacion cultural Al-Mudayna, dep. leg. 1995

ISBN

84-87090-13-3

Descrizione fisica

245 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Laya ; 13

Disciplina

305.438

Soggetti

Donna - Attività letteraria - Europa - Sec. 3.-16

Collocazione

II.5. 3609(XV A 355)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783358903321

Autore

Ogden Daniel

Titolo

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds [[electronic resource] ] : A Sourcebook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

ISBN

1-280-48229-X

0-19-803448-2

0-19-530320-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Disciplina

133.40938

133.430938

Soggetti

Magic, Greek

Magic, Roman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Greek Sorcerers; 3. Alien Sorcerers; 4. The Rivals of Jesus; 5. Medea and Circe; 6. Witches in Greek Literature; 7.Witches in Latin Literature; 8. Ghosts; 9. Necromancy; 10. Curses; 11. Erotic Magic; 12. Voodoo Dolls and Magical Images; 13. Amulets; 14. Magic and the Law; Bibliographies; Indices

Sommario/riassunto

In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general, popular interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary sources. Alongside desc