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Magika Hiera Christopher A. Faraone (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, Virginia Tech)

Magika Hiera By Christopher A. Faraone (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, Virginia Tech)

Summary

This collection of essays looks at an area of Greek religion traditionally called "magical practices". Focusing on the relationship between magical and religious ritual, it aims to remedy the tendency for neglect in this area.

Magika Hiera Summary

Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion by Christopher A. Faraone (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, Virginia Tech)

This is a collection of essays by leading American and European scholars. Its purpose is to remedy the tendency among scholars working in Greek Religion to ignore the evidence for what have traditionally been called "magical" practices in ancient Greece. Because this neglect seems to arrive from adherence to a preconceived notion about a clear dichotomy between magical and religious ritual, the editors focus on the relationship between these two areas.

Magika Hiera Reviews

This excellent and thought-provoking book will be indispensable to all who study Greek religion. It draws on a wealth of illuminating primary material and the bibliographies are a model of completeness. * Simon Pulleyn, Merton College, Oxford, The Classical Review, Vol. XLII, '92 *
This useful and unusual work is highly technical and is aimed at a scholarly, not a general, audience ... highly recommended reading for classicists and students of religion and classical antiquity. * James E. Seaver, University of Kansas, History, Summer 1992 *

Additional information

NLS9780195111408
9780195111408
0195111400
Magika Hiera: Ancient Greek Magic and Religion by Christopher A. Faraone (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, Virginia Tech)
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Oxford University Press Inc
1997-10-02
312
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