02051cam a2200361M 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001900069020002200088035002400110035002100134040002200155041001300177050002400190082001400214084001100228100001600239240004800255245007700303260004700380300002100427490003000448505021700478520084400695650002001539650001101559651002201570651002001592651002501612651002101637830003101658BJBSDDR20230411090038.0ta091212s19972002enk 000 u eng d a0674541510 (m) a9780674541511 (m) a(OCoLC)ocn478854120 a(OCoLC)478854120 aDKDLAbdancDKDLA0 aengafre00aBF 1591bG736m 200200a133.43093 aOkk2z1 aGraf, Fritz10aMagie dans l'antiquitâe grâeco-romaine.10aMagic in the ancient world /cFritz Graf; translated by Franklin Philip. aLondon :bHarvard University Press,c2002. a313 p. ;c21 cm.1 aRevealing antiquity ;v10 aNaming the sorcerer -- Portrait of the magician, seen from the outside -- How to become a magician: the rites of initiation -- Curse tablets and voodoo dolls -- Literary representation of magic -- Words and acts. aAncient 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 sixth century B.C.E. through late antiquity, Fritz Graf sheds new light on ancient religion. Graf explores the important types of magic in Greco-Roman antiquity, describing rites and explaining the theory behind them. And he characterizes the ancient magician: his training and initiation, social status, and presumed connections with the divine world. With trenchant analysis of underlying conceptions and vivid account of illustrative cases, Graf gives a full picture of the practice of magic and its implications. He concludes with an evaluation of the relation of magic to religion.  4aMagic, Ancient. 4aMagia  4aGreecexReligion. 4aRomexReligion. 4aGrecia xReligión. 4aRomaxReligión 0aRevealing antiquity ;v10.