Greek and Roman Necromancy

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Daniel Ogden

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Paperback / softback

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In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy - the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations fluorished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the subject ever published in any language. It will be of central importance to those interested in the rapidly expanding, inherently fascinating, and intellectually exciting subjects of ghosts and magic in antiquity.

Author Biography:

Daniel Ogden is Reader in Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He is the author of "Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds; Greek Bastardy in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods; The Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece; Aristomenes of Messene;" and "Polygamy, Prostitutes and Death". He is editor of "The Hellenistic World New Perspectives."

Release date Australia

February 1st, 2004

Author

Daniel Ogden

Pages

320

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

13 halftones. 3 line illus.

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9780691119687

Product ID

2019793

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