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Magic, witchcraft, and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds : a sourcebook /
In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Multiple |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-337) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198034483 0198034482 9780195135756 019513575X 9780195151237 0195151232 0195303202 9780195303209 128048229X 9781280482298 9786610482290 6610482292 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login on and off-campus. |