The formation and nature of the Greek concept of magic ISBN 0-0 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 9-2 (Print Edition) British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Calaloging in Publication data ISBN 1-9 Master e-book ISBN No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopy and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to © 2001, 2003 Matthew W.Dickie All rights reserved. MAGIC AND MAGICIANS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD Matthew W.Dickieįirst published in hardback 2001 by Routledge First published in paperback 2003 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. He has written on envy and the Evil Eye, on the learned magician, on ancient erotic magic, and on the interpretation of ancient magical texts. Matthew W.Dickie teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Compelling for its clarity and detail, this study is an indispensable resource for the study of ancient magic and society. The book provides a fascinating insight into the inaccessible margins of GrecoRoman life, exploring a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers. From Greece in the fifth century BC, through Rome and Italy, to the Christian Roman Empire as far as the late seventh century AD, Professor Dickie shows the development of the concept of magic and the social and legal constraints placed on those seen as magicians. This absorbing work assembles an extraordinary range of evidence for the existence of sorcerers and sorceresses in the ancient world, and addresses the question of their identities and social origins. MAGIC AND MAGICIANS IN THE GRECOROMAN WORLD
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