Magic in the Ancient World

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弗里茨•格拉夫,瑞士人,生于1944年,1971年获瑞士苏黎世大学博士学位,曾先后在苏黎世大学、巴塞尔大学、普林斯顿大学任教,2002年起任美国俄亥俄州立大学希腊语与拉丁语系教授。他在古典学和宗教史方面造诣深厚,在古希腊罗马宗教史领域更被认为是当今世界顶尖学者之一。他出版过多部学术著作,并曾获得不少学术荣誉。

出版者:Harvard University Press
作者:Fritz Graf
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页数:313
译者:Franklin Philip
出版时间:1999-10-15
价格:USD 28.50
装帧:Paperback
isbn号码:9780674541535
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图书标签:
  • 英 
  • 巫术 
  • magic 
  • ancient 
  • Greek 
  • Classics 
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This text aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to ancient magic. It gives direct access to the sources but selects the important, characteristic examples. Ancient Greeks and Romans often turned to magic to achieve personal goals. Magical rites were seen as a route for direct access to the gods, for material gains as well as spiritual satisfaction. In this survey of magical beliefs and practices from the 6th century BC to late antiquity, Fritz Graf attempts to shed light on ancient religion. Evidence of widespread belief in the efficacy of magic is pervasive: the contemporaries of Plato and Aristotle placed voodoo dolls on graves in order to harm business rivals or attract lovers. The Twelve Tables of Roman Law forbids the magical transference of crops from one field to another. Graves, wells, and springs throughout the Mediterranean have yielded vast numbers of Greek and Latin curse tablets. And ancient literature abounds with scenes of magic, from necromancy to love spells. Graf explores the important types of magic in Greco-Roman antiquity, describing rites and explaining the theory behind them. He characterizes the ancient magician: his training and initiation, social status, and presumed connections with the divine world. With analysis of underlying conceptions and accounts of illustrative cases, Graf gives a picture of the practice of magic and its implications. He concludes with an evaluation of the relation of magic to religion. The book offers a look at ancient Greek and Roman thought and an understanding of popular recourse to the supernatural.

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