This well-researched and inspiring collection of ten essays by leading American and European scholars challenges the tendency among scholars of Greek religion to ignore what have traditionally been called "magical" practices in ancient Greece. Disputing the preconceived notion that a clear dichotomy exists between magical and religious ritual, the essays survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, determining in each case whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.
Author(s): Christopher A. Faraone
Edition: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 312
Cover......Page 0
Title Page......Page 3
Preface......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
1. The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells / Christopher A. Faraone......Page 17
2. "Cursed be he that moves my bones" / J. H. M. Strubbe......Page 47
3. Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers / H. S. Versnel......Page 74
4. Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets / Roy Kotansky......Page 121
5. The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs and Roots / John Scarborough......Page 152
6. Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual / Samson Eitrem......Page 189
7. Prayer in Magic and Religious Ritual / Fritz Graff......Page 202
8. The Constraints of Eros / John J. Winkler......Page 228
9. Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri / Hans Dieter Betz......Page 258
10. Nullum Crimen sine lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on Magic / C. R. Phillips III......Page 274
Selected Bibliography of Greek Magic and Religion......Page 291
Index of Greek Words......Page 299
Index of Latin Words......Page 303
General Index......Page 305
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