Overview

The chronological scope of this volume ranges from the heroic age of Homer''s Greek East to the time of the rise of Christianity, a period well over 1000 years.'

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Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date... Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably. -Peter Green, New Republic An exceptional historical and social analysis of a subject of enduring interest. -Library Journal This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come. -Choice Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader. -New Yorker

Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date... Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably. -Peter Green, The New Republic An exceptional historical and social analysis of a subject of enduring interest. -Library Journal This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come. -Choice Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader. -New Yorker

Wide-ranging, well-documented, up-to-date... Witchcraft and Magic in Europe: Ancient Greece and Rome is deliberately designed as an introduction for the general reader, and it fulfills that function admirably. -Peter Green, The New Republic An exceptional historical and social analysis of a subject of enduring interest. -Library Journal This extensive and reliable handbook will be the general introduction to ancient magic for some time to come. -Choice Although the volumes are intended mainly for scholars, there is much in them to interest the common reader. -New Yorker

Author Information

Bengt Ankarloo is Professor of History at Lund University, Sweden. Stuart Clark is Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.

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