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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816000203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770479-4

1-280-52928-8

0-19-802137-2

0-19-535483-4

1-4294-1571-1

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

133.430938

292.08

Soggetti

Magic, Greek

Greece Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p277-283.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.