Magika Hiera Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

This collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world, and, in each case, determine whether the traditional dichotomy between magic and religion helps in any way to conceptualize the objective features of the evidence examined. Contributors include Christopher A. Faraone, J.H.M. Strubbe, H.S. Versnel, Roy Kotansky, John Scarborough, Samuel Eitrem, Fritz Graf, John J. Winkler, Hans Dieter Betz, and C.R. Phillips.

List of Abbreviations

1 The Agonistic Context of Early Greek Binding Spells

3

(30)

CHRISTOPHER A. FARAONE Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2 "Cursed be he that moves my bones"

33

(27)

J. H. M. STRUBBE University of Leiden

3 Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Justice in Judicial Prayers

60

(47)

H. S. VERSNEL University of Leiden

4 Incantations and Prayers for Salvation on Inscribed Greek Amulets

107

(31)

ROY KOTANSKY Los Angeles, California

5 The Pharmacology of Sacred Plants, Herbs, and Roots

138

(37)

JOHN SCARBOROUGH University of Wisconsin

6 Dreams and Divination in Magical Ritual

175

(13)

SAMSON EITREM formerly Oslo University

7 Prayer in Magical and Religious Ritual

188

(26)

FRITZ GRAF University of Basel

8 The Constraints of Eros

214

(30)

JOHN J. WINKLER Stanford University

9 Magic and Mystery in the Greek Magical Papyri

244

(16)

HANS DIETER BETZ University of Chicago

10 Nullum Crimen sine Lege: Socioreligious Sanctions on Magic

260

(17)

C. R. PHILLIPS III Lehigh University

Selected Bibliography of Greek Magic and Religion

277

(8)

Index of Greek Words

285

(4)

Index of Latin Words

289

(2)

General Index

291

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Magika Hiera Ancient Greek Magic and Religion

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