WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EUROPE: ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME.

FLINT, Valerie, Richard Gordon, Georg Luck, And Daniel Ogden.

ISBN 10: 0485891026 / ISBN 13: 9780485891027

Published by The Athlone Press, London, 1999

About this Item

Large 8vo. Pp: xvi, 395. First edition, volume 2 of the Athlone History of Witchcraft and Magic in Europe. Publisher's black and purple covers with purple, black, and white lettering and colour illustration to front. A few black and white plate illustrations between page 14 and 15.ISBN: 0485891026 Very good. Some soiling at top edge and slight soiling at fore and bottom edges of text block. Slightly bumped and creased at head and tail of spine and slightly creased at top and bottom corners of front cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC IN EUROPE: ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME.
• Publisher: The Athlone Press, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0485891026
• ISBN 13: 9780485891027
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis

This volume brings together new research into the place of witchcraft and magic in Greek and Roman culture and society. Topics covered include the practice of sorcery, the portrayal of witches and sorcerers in classical literature, and legal and philosophical attitudes to magic.

About the Author

Richard Gordon enlisted in the US Army in August 1940 for duty in the Phillippines. On April 11, 1942, he was captured by the Japanese and remained a prisoner until September 4, 1945, when his camp was liberated by the British and Americans.