Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds A Sourcebook

In a culture where the supernatural possessed an imediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high of popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors includethe well known ( Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato , Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny ) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco - Roman antiquity.Ogden, Daniel is the author of 'Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds A Sourcebook' with ISBN 9780195135756 and ISBN 019513575X.