Ebook: Greek Magic: Ancient, Medieval and Modern

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PROLOGUE; Part I MAGIC IN ANCIENT GREECE; 1 INTRODUCTION: Magic in ancient Greece; 2 THE 'WRETCHED SUBJECT' OF ANCIENT GREEK MAGIC; 3 MAGIC, AMULETS AND CIRCE; 4 MAGIC AND THE DEAD IN CLASSICAL GREECE; 5 ANCIENT GREEK S CULPTORS AS MAGICIANS; 6 HOCUS -POCUS IN GRAECO-ROMAN EGYPT; 7 ANCIENT MAGICAL GEMS; Part II MAGI C IN BYZANTIUM; 8 INTRODUCTION: Magic in Byzantium; 9 MAGIC AND THE DEVIL: From the Old to the New Rome; 10 MAGIC AND VISUAL CULTURE IN LATE ANTIQUITY; 11 ANOTHER 'WRETCHED SUBJECT': The demons of the world.;Greek Magic presents a well-illustrated introduction to the often-neglected aspect of the Ancient Greeks legacy to western culture numerous magical beliefs, practices and figures like the medieval and modern witch and warlock.