Introduction 1 The formation and nature of the Greek concept of magic 2 Sorcerers in the fifth and fourth centuries BC 3 Sorceresses in the Athens of the fifth and fourth centuries BC 4 Sorcerers in the Greek world of the Hellenistic period (300–1BC) 5 Magic as a distinctive category in Roman thought 6 Constraints on magicians in the Late Roman Republic and under the Empire 7 Sorcerers and sorceresses in Rome in the Middle and Late Republic and under the Early Empire 8 Witches and magicians in the provinces of the Roman Empire until the time of Constantine 9 Constraints on magicians under a Christian Empire 10 Sorcerers and sorceresses from Constantine to the end of the seventh century AD
Matthew W. Dickie
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'Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World is the fruit of
prodigious reading and profound scholarship, yet never bogs down to
its own accumulation of facts.' - Los Angeles Times
'An outstanding book that combines impressive scholarship with
clarity and accessibility, and belongs at once in the collection of
specialists and on undergraduate reading lists, perhaps even as a
prescribed textbook.' - Classical Review
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