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Magic in the Ancient Greek World 5 Contents 7 Acknowledgments 9 Abbreviations 11 Introduction 13 1 Magic: What Is It and How Does It Work? 17 Frazer and Tylor 19 Malinowski 21 Magic as Communication 21 Lévy-Bruhl 23 Evans-Pritchard 27 Sympathetic Magic 30 Magic and the Extended Person 32 Magic and Analogy 33 Beyond Frazer 36 Tambiah and Persuasive Magic 37 Conclusion 40 2 A Framework for Greek Magic 43 Magic and the Gods 43 Divinity and Nature 47 The Hippocratics: Magic, Divination, and Epilepsy 49 Plato and Greek Psychology 58 Magic and Causality 60 Greek Magicians 65 Magoi 70 Gorgias, Mageia and Goēteia 74 Other Magical Terms 76 Conclusion 78 3 Binding Magic and Erotic Figurines 80 Binding the Gods 83 Divine Agents 85 ‘Characters’ 89 Body Parts and Health 94 Erotic Magic 104 Figurines 108 Erōtes 113 4 Homeric Incantations 120 Pythagoras and Empedocles 121 The Mechanics of Homeric Incantations 124 Obstetrics and Gynecology 125 Verse Combinations and the Power of Metaphor 130 Intoxication, Choking, and Gout 134 Incantations and Divination 138 Neoplatonic Theurgy and Homer 141 Conclusion 147 5 Magic in Greek and Roman Law 148 Magic in Greek Law and Legal Imagination 149 Trials for E

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Author

Derek Collins

Published

2008

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction