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"""The author draws from ancient literature, ancient medicine, and sensory studies so as to highlight the possibilities that such sensory studies offer to the reconstruction of ancient magic and ritual, in ways that broaden and enrich our understanding of the subject. . . . The book is a fascinating read and an important contribution, not just to the study of Greco-Roman magic but also to the reconstruction of Greco-Roman cultures, and it fills in a gap in the research on the subject."" --Bryn Mawr Classical Review--Christina Aamodt ""Bryn Mawr Classical Review"""

"""This book takes us through clouds of incense and enveloping perfumes into the aromatic history of scent. . . She combed through a lot of literature to offer a scholarly, anthropological but easy read that is well footnoted and referenced.""--American Herb Association Quarterly, Kathi Keville ""The author draws from ancient literature, ancient medicine, and sensory studies so as to highlight the possibilities that such sensory studies offer to the reconstruction of ancient magic and ritual, in ways that broaden and enrich our understanding of the subject. . . . The book is a fascinating read and an important contribution, not just to the study of Greco-Roman magic but also to the reconstruction of Greco-Roman cultures, and it fills in a gap in the research on the subject."" --Bryn Mawr Classical Review--Christina Aamodt ""Bryn Mawr Classical Review"""

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Britta K. Ager is Assistant Professor of Classics at Arizona State University.

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