Petropoulos, J.C.B., ed. - Greek Magic, Ancient, Medieval and Modern

《Petropoulos, J.C.B., ed. - Greek Magic, Ancient, Medieval and Modern》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。

1、GREEKMAGICMagichasalwaysbeenawidespreadphenomenoninGreeksociety,startingfromHomer’sCirce(thefirst‘evilwitch’inWesternhistory)andextendingtothepervasivebeliefinthe‘evileye’intwenty-first-centuryGreece.Indeed,magicisprobablythemostancientanddurableamongsociala

2、ndreligiousphe-nomenaknowntoclassicalandotherscholars,anditcanbetracedoveraspanofsomethreemillenniainsourcesintheGreeklanguageaswellasinanimpres-siverangeofvisualandothermedia.Theseincludecursetabletsfromfourth-centurybceAthens,themedico-magicalgemsoflateant

3、iquity,earlyChristianamulets,andvariousexorcismprayersfromthemedievalandlaterperiods.Organizedchronologically,theintriguingpanoramaofferedbythisbookguidesthereaderthroughtheancient,medieval,modernandevencontempo-raryperiods,highlightingthetraditions,ideologi

4、esandmethodsofmagicineachperiodofGreekhistory.Itbringstogetherthelatestinsightsfromarangeofexpertsfromvariousdisciplines:classicists,arthistorians,archaeologists,legalhistoriansandsocialanthropologistsamongothers.J.C.B.PetropoulosisAssociateProfessorofAncien

5、tGreekLiteratureattheDemocriteanUniversityofThraceandChairmanoftheBoardofHarvardUniversity’sCenterforHellenicStudiesinNafplio.HespecializesinGreekpoetryandisgenerallyconcernedwithsocial-anthropologicalissuesrelevanttoancientGreekliteratureandsociety.Healsoha

6、saninterestintherecep-tionofancientGreeksub-literaryand‘popular’songtraditionbeyondantiq-uityintheGreek-speakingworld.GREEKMAGICAncient,MedievalandModernEditedbyJ.C.B.PetropoulosFirstpublished2008byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OX144RNSimultaneous

7、lypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge270MadisonAve,NewYork,NY10016RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusinessThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2008.“TopurchaseyourowncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionof

8、thousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”©2008J.C.B.Petropoulosforeditorialmatterandselection;individualAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyf