World of Ancient Magic

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335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. CONTENTS : Samson Eitrem -- on the threshold of antiquity / KNUT KLEVE -- Magic: Reconsidering the Grand Dichotomy / JENS BRAARVIG -- Is magic a subclass of ritual? / EINAR THOMASSEN -- Magic in the oracular tablets from Dodona / ANASTASIOS-PH. CHRISTIDIS, SOTIRIS DAKARIS, IOULIA VOKOTOPOULOU -- Euphemistic names for the powers of the nether world / EMMANUEL VOUTIRAS -- Songs for the ghosts: Magical solutions to deadly problems / SARAH ILES JOHNSTON -- Samson Eitrem and the death of Dido: a literary reappraisal of a magical scene / EGIL KRAGGERUD -- Three curse tablets / DAVID R. JORDAN -- 'Kolasai tous hēmas toioutous hēdeōs blepontes' 'Punish those who rejoice in our misery': On curse texts and 'Schadenfreude' / HENDRIK S. VERSNEL -- The learned magician and the collection and transmission of magical lore / MATTHEW W. DICKIE -- Maternal lineage in Greek magical texts / JAIMIE B. CURBERA -- 'Melanitis gē', an unnoticed Greek name for Egypt: New evidence for the origins and etymology of alchemy? / DAVID BAIN -- Famous persons as bringers of goog luck / SIRI SANDE -- 'What's in a list?' Listing in Greek and Graeco-Roman malign magical texts / RICHARD GORDON -- The construction of gender in ancient Greek love magic / CHRISTOPHER A. FARAONE -- Magic and divination / FRITZ GRAF -- Amulets as evidence for the transition from Viking to Medieval Scandinavia / SIGNE HORN FUGLESANG.