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Drawing Down the Moon

Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World

III, Radcliffe G. Edmonds,

Drawing Down the Moon

Drawing Down the Moon

Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World

Drawing Down the Moon

 

What did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In Drawing Down the Moon, Radcliffe Edmonds, one of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world, provides the most comprehensive account of the varieties of phenomena labeled as magic in classical antiquity.


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Beschrijving Drawing Down the Moon

One of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world provides an unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman world, giving insight into the shifting ideas of religion and the divine in the ancient past and in the later Western tradition.


ISBN
9780691156934
Pagina's
504
Verschenen
NUR
730
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Princeton University Press

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