Greek Magic: Ancient, Medieval and Modern

by Jonathan Petropoulos

Magic has always been a widespread phenomenon in Greek Society, starting from Homer's Circe (the first 'evil witch' in western history) and extending to the pervasive belief in the 'evil eye' in the twenty-first century Greece. Indeed, magic is probably the most ancient and durable among social and religious phenomena known to classical and other scholars, and it can be traced over a span of some three millennia in sources in the Greek language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415518415
• ISBN13: 9780415518413
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"