Between magic and religion : interdisciplinary studies in ancient Mediterranean religion and society

Between magic and religion : interdisciplinary studies in ancient Mediterranean religion and society /

Between Magic and Religion represents a radical rethinking of traditional distinctions involving the term "religion" in the ancient Greek world and beyond, through late antiquity to the seventeenth century. The title indicates the fluidity of such concepts as religion and magic, highlighti...

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Other Authors: Asirvatham, Sulochana Ruth, 1970-, Pache, Corinne Ondine, 1963-, Watrous, John, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2001.
Series:Greek studies
Subjects:
Magic > Mediterranean Region > History.
Magie > Méditerranée, Région de la > Histoire.
Magic.
Religion.
Magie.
Klassieke oudheid.
Godsdienst.
Magic, Ancient > Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region > Religion.
Méditerranée, Région de la > Religion.
Mediterranean Region.
Mediterranean Region > Religion > To 500.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Barbarian bond: Thracian Bendis among the Athenians / Corinne Ondine Pache
  • Magic, religion, and syncretism at the Oracle of Claros / Zsuzsanna Varhelyi
  • Saving water: early floods in the forum / Prudence J. Jones
  • Magic, dreams, and ritual in the Iroquois conversion / Kate Blair-Dixon
  • The dynamics of deification in Horace's Odes 1-3 / Spencer Cole
  • Olympias' snake and Callisthenes' stand: religion and politics in Plutarch's Life of Alexander / Sulochana R. Asirvathem
  • The cult of Achilles in Philostratus' Heroikos: a study in the relation of canon and ritual / Ellen Bradshaw Aitken
  • Coins used as amulets in late antiquity / Mary Margaret (Molly) Fulghum
  • A reconsideration of early Byzantine marriage rings / Alicia Walker
  • The Femme-aux-serpents at moissac: luxuria (lust) or a bad mother? / Amanda Luyster.

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